359.0 Aluminum vs. 7049 Aluminum
Both 359.0 aluminum and 7049 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 359.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 7049 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 90 to 100 | |
140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
70 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
6.2 to 7.0 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 | |
160 to 170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.32 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
27 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
300 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 350 | |
510 to 530 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 280 | |
420 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
370 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
180 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
480 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
860 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
130 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
36 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
3.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
1110 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 15 | |
31 to 34 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 540 | |
1270 to 1440 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
45 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 38 | |
46 to 47 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 43 | |
46 to 47 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
51 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
22 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 88.9 to 91 | |
85.7 to 89.5 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.22 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
1.2 to 1.9 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
2.0 to 2.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Silicon (Si), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
7.2 to 8.2 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |