5049 Aluminum vs. 360.0 Aluminum
Both 5049 aluminum and 360.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 5049 aluminum and the bottom bar is 360.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 52 to 88 | |
| 75 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 18 | |
| 2.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 79 to 130 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 130 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 91 to 280 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 34 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 110 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1070 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.0 to 31 | |
| 6.4 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 59 to 570 | |
| 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 34 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 39 | |
| 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 56 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.3 to 15 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94.7 to 97.9 | |
| 85.1 to 90.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.6 to 2.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 9.0 to 10 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |