Metal
Aluminum 5456-O (NASA historical physical reference)
Historical room-temperature physical and thermal reference values for annealed 5456 aluminum from the public-use NASA handbook.
Properties
Physical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Density | 2650 | kg/m^3 |
Thermal
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Thermal conductivity | 117.152 | W/m/K |
| Mean coefficient of thermal expansion | 2.39e-05 | 1/K |
| Specific heat capacity | 962.32 | J/kg/K |
Electrical
| Property | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical resistivity | 5.9e-08 | ohm*m |
Units
Condition
- Condition
- 5456-O annealed alloy physical-property reference
- Temper
- O
- Heat treatment
- annealed
- Product form
- wrought alloy; exact form not specified for these physical values
- Thickness / diameter range
- not specified
- Test direction
- not applicable or not specified
- Processing route
- wrought aluminum alloy
- Temperature range
- 20 ... 100 degC
- Notes
- Historical reference data transcribed with the stated property semantics and SI conversions. Confirm against the official PDF, a current procurement specification, the actual product form and thickness, and a material test report before engineering use.
Standards
No material standards linked.
Record status
- Category
- Metal
- Unit system
- Common SI