Your Source For Marine Alloys

5052 5083 5086 5454 5456

Sheet, Plate, Rod, Bar, Pipe, Tubing and Extruded Shapes

Charleston Aluminum specializes in marine grade alloys. Whether you are building Fast
Ferries, Navy or passenger ships, yachts, or small pleasure craft we maintain a large inventory
of sheets, plates and extrusions in 5083, 5086, 5454, 5052 and 5456 alloys to meet your
needs. Our marine alloys can also be certified from to meet approval societies such as : ABS
or DNV or others.

We have stocking locations in South Carolina, Florida and California. We offer shearing,
saw cutting, PVC and paper interleaving. Water jet and laser cutting services are also
available. We offer quick order fulfillment at competitive pricing. In many cases we can offer
next day delivery via our fleet of company owned trucks.

We also stock the following alloys for other applications and uses:
1100, 2024, 2219, 3003, 5052, 5059, 5454, 6061, 6063, 6082, 7039, 7050 & 7075
and
Stainless steel 301, 303, 304, 316, 321, 15-7, 17-4 & 17-7, 316/316L Boat Shafts
Alloy steel ABS Grade A steel, 4130, 4140 & 4340

Charleston Aluminum is a certified Small Business, certified Hub Zone Business and a
Defense Logistics Agency bulk metals qualified supplier (Cage Code 34FP9).

Contact your marine sales specialist for a quote or to be placed on our email list to receive a
weekly copy of our inventory.
 CHARLESTON ALUMINUM PROVIDES:

The highest quality metals in aluminum, brass, copper, stainless, alloy steel, carbon steel, titanium and a number of other,
hard to find materials.
These materials are available in sheet, plate, pipe, tube, bars and structural shapes.
Processing services include saw cutting to size, shearing, heat treating and other processing and metal finishing.
Delivery to points throughout the country.
Full traceability in accordance with Mil-I-45208.
Competitive pricing and on time delivery.

FEATURED PRODUCTS: ALUMINUM ALLOYS FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS

5083 Aluminum Alloy Supplied in sheet marine grade tempers H116, H321, H323; to spec ASTM B928. Tempers O,
H112, H32; to spec ASTM B209, and extrusion shapes in various tempers and specifications. This is an excellent marine
environment corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, commonly used in Europe and Asia but becoming more frequently used in North
America. It is primarily an alloy used for its corrosion resistant properties as it is especially good on inter granular corrosion
resistance. Also, the tensile and yield strength is higher than 5086 alloy, so often these properties too are used by designers for their
aluminum vessels. This alloy also has good welding capabilities for fabricating vessels. 5083 is also in inventory as H32 temper
which is a good standard engineering alloy, but it does not have the corrosion resistance of the other special marine tempers.
5086 Aluminum Alloy Supplied in marine grade tempers H116, H321; to spec ASTM B928. Tempers O, H112, H32; to spec
ASTM B209, and extrusion shapes in various tempers and specifications.
This is an excellent marine environment corrosion resistant aluminum alloy, most commonly used in North America. It is also a
marine grade alloy used for its corrosion resistant properties as it is also very good on inter granular corrosion. The benefits this
alloy brings over standard alloys such as 5052 or 6061 is the corrosion resistance and better welding capabilities and good forming
properties. 5086 is also in inventory as H32 temper which is a good standard engineering alloy, but it does not have the corrosion
resistance of the other special marine tempers.
5456 Aluminum Alloy This alloy is primarily used in areas where high strength and better welding parameters are required in
a marine vessel or other engineering applications. Alloy 5456 is stocked in tempers H116, H321; to spec ASTM B928. Tempers
O, H112, H32; to spec ASTM B209 this alloy has higher tensile strength than other marine alloys such as 5083 or 5086, and good
corrosion resistance in a sea water environment, but not always the formability and corrosion performance of some of the other alloys.
5454 Aluminum Alloy This alloy is primarily used in areas where good formability is required, it is used in O, H112, H32, H34;
to specification ASTM B209 Tempers and is an excellent choice for large pressure vessels and certain marine fabricated products.
The formability is at its best in the soft 0 temper, but also sometimes used in H32 or H34 tempers too. However the strength and
corrosion resistance are not always as good as other alloys, so as always a marine structural engineer should be consulted for each
application.
5052 H32 Sheet & plate A common alloy with good strength and weldability and it is easy to form and fabricate.
However, not always considered a true marine alloy.
6061 T6 Sheet & plate A heat treated alloy with higher strength used in many general engineering applications.
However, again not considered a true marine alloy.

For additional information on these and other materials please contact one of the individuals below.

Contact Information:

480 Frontage Road

Gaston, South Carolina 29053
Telephone: 803-939-4600
Fax: 803-939-0400
Web Site: www.charlestonaluminum.com

Dean Blakeney, C.O.O. William Portnoy, President Tarek Whittick, VP

Telephone: 803-347-2404 Telephone: 803-347-3100 Telephone: 305-588-4644
dblakeney@charlestonaluminum.com wportnoy@charlestonaluminum.com twhittick@charlestonaluminum.com