5050 Aluminum vs. 1350 Aluminum
Both 5050 aluminum and 1350 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 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is 1350 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 36 to 68 | |
20 to 45 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
68 |
Elongation at Break, % | 1.7 to 22 | |
1.4 to 30 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 45 to 100 | |
24 to 50 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
26 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 91 to 140 | |
44 to 110 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 to 250 | |
68 to 190 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 50 to 210 | |
25 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
170 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
660 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
650 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 | |
230 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
24 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 50 | |
61 to 62 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 170 | |
200 to 210 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
9.5 |
Calomel Potential, mV | -760 | |
-740 |
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.4 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
160 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
1200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 4.1 to 24 | |
0.77 to 54 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 18 to 330 | |
4.4 to 200 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
50 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 26 | |
7.0 to 19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 33 | |
14 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 79 | |
96 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.3 to 11 | |
3.0 to 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 96.3 to 98.9 | |
99.5 to 100 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Gallium (Ga), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.1 to 1.8 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |