359.0 Aluminum vs. 705.0 Aluminum
Both 359.0 aluminum and 705.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 359.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 705.0 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 90 to 100 | |
62 to 65 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
69 |
Elongation at Break, % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
8.4 to 10 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 100 | |
63 to 98 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
26 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 350 | |
240 to 260 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 280 | |
130 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 530 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
180 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 600 | |
640 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
890 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
24 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
34 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
8.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1090 | |
1170 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 15 | |
18 to 20 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 to 540 | |
120 to 130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 54 | |
49 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 to 38 | |
24 to 26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 43 | |
31 to 32 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 59 | |
55 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 17 | |
11 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 88.9 to 91 | |
92.3 to 98.6 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
1.4 to 1.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Silicon (Si), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 3.3 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |