3003 Aluminum vs. 5050 Aluminum
Both 3003 aluminum and 5050 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 3003 aluminum and the bottom bar is 5050 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 28 to 65 | |
| 36 to 68 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 28 | |
| 1.7 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 39 to 90 | |
| 45 to 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 68 to 130 | |
| 91 to 140 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 110 to 240 | |
| 140 to 250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 40 to 210 | |
| 50 to 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 640 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 180 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 44 | |
| 50 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -740 | |
| -760 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 0.95 to 63 | |
| 4.1 to 24 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 to 300 | |
| 18 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 24 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 30 | |
| 22 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 71 | |
| 79 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.7 to 10 | |
| 6.3 to 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.8 to 99 | |
| 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 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |