MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

5050 Aluminum vs. 3103 Aluminum

Both 5050 aluminum and 3103 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 5050 aluminum and the bottom bar is 3103 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 36 to 68
27 to 62
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
70
Elongation at Break, % 1.7 to 22
1.1 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 45 to 100
38 to 83
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
26
Shear Strength, MPa 91 to 140
68 to 130
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 140 to 250
100 to 220
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 50 to 210
39 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
190
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
660
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 630
640
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 190
160
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 50
42
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
140

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
1180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.1 to 24
2.4 to 24
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 18 to 330
11 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 26
10 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 33
18 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 79
64
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 6.3 to 11
4.6 to 9.9

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96.3 to 98.9
96.3 to 99.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 1.1 to 1.8
0 to 0.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.9 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.2
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants