Metal
Aluminum 2024-T42 bare plate, 12.7-25.4 mm (MIL-HDBK-5H)
Historical public-release 2024 alloy reference preserving T42, bare flat plate, material direction, and thickness scope.
Properties
Physical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Density | 2768 | kg/m^3 |
Mechanical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate tensile strength, L | 420.58 | MPa |
| Tensile yield strength, L | 262.001 | MPa |
| Ultimate tensile strength, LT | 420.58 | MPa |
| Tensile yield strength, LT | 262.001 | MPa |
| Compressive yield strength, L | 275.79 | MPa |
| Compressive yield strength, LT | 282.685 | MPa |
| Ultimate shear strength | 248.211 | MPa |
| Elongation, LT | 8 | % |
| Young's modulus | 73.774 | GPa |
| Compression modulus | 75.153 | GPa |
| Shear modulus | 27.579 | GPa |
| Poisson's ratio | 0.33 | - |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, tension L | 17 | - |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, tension LT | 16 | - |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, compression L | 19 | - |
| Ramberg-Osgood exponent, compression LT | 19 | - |
Units
Condition
- Condition
- 2024-T42; bare flat plate; 0.500-1.000 in (12.7-25.4 mm)
- Temper
- T42
- Heat treatment
- 2024-T42 heat-treatment condition; verify the applicable procurement specification
- Product form
- bare flat plate
- Thickness / diameter range
- 0.500-1.000 in (12.7-25.4 mm)
- Test direction
- L and LT material axes; lower tabulated values retained where bands are combined
- Processing route
- wrought heat-treatable aluminum alloy
- Temperature range
- 21 ... 21 degC
- Notes
- Room-temperature historical handbook values. Applicability is limited to the exact alloy, temper/condition, product form, size band, material axis, statistical basis, and specification identified by the cited table. Historical reference only; confirm the current procurement specification and material test report.
Standards
No material standards linked.
Record status
- Category
- Metal
- Unit system
- Common SI