The similarity is the two aluminum alloy take magnesium as the main alloy element.
The difference is that the 6063 aluminum plate has the silicon elements in addition to the magnesium elements. The strength is slightly better than the 5052.
The 5052 aluminum plate is mainly used as high plasticity and good weldability alloy. It is also used in the transportation vehicle, the ship’s metal parts, instrument, the street lamp bracket and the rivet, the hardware products, the electric shell and so on. It can also be used to make aircraft fuel tanks, tube, and aerospace aluminum alloy material, which is a typical anti-corrosive alloy material.
6063 aluminum plate is widely used in construction of aluminum windows, doors and curtain wall framework, in order to keep the doors, windows and curtain walls with high wind pressure resistance, assembling performance, corrosion resistance, and decorative performance, and the requirement of the comprehensive performance of aluminium alloy profile is much higher than standard industrial profiles.