1100-H12 Aluminum vs. 5050-H12 Aluminum
Both 1100-H12 aluminum and 5050-H12 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the H12 temper. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 1100-H12 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5050-H12 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 28 | |
| 49 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 40 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 70 | |
| 100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 110 | |
| 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 92 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 220 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 59 | |
| 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 190 | |
| 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -740 | |
| -760 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 62 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 90 | |
| 79 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.8 | |
| 7.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 99 to 99.95 | |
| 96.3 to 98.9 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |