5110A-H26 Aluminum
5110A-H26 aluminum is 5110A aluminum in the H26 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is strain hardened, and then partially annealed, to a strength that is roughly 3/4 of the way between annealed (O) and full-hard (H28).
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 5110A-H26 aluminum to: 5000-series alloys (top), all aluminum alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
68 GPa 9.9 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
4.5 %
Fatigue Strength
77 MPa 11 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.33
Shear Modulus
26 GPa 3.7 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
93 MPa 13 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
160 MPa 23 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
140 MPa 20 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
400 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
180 °C 360 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
640 °C 1190 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
640 °C 1180 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
900 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
220 W/m-K 130 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
23 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
57 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
190 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
9.5 % relative
Density
2.7 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
8.3 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
150 MJ/kg 66 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
1190 L/kg 140 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
6.8 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
140 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
50 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
16 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
24 points
Thermal Diffusivity
91 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
7.2 points
Alloy Composition
| Al | 98.5 to 99.8 | |
| Mg | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| Fe | 0 to 0.25 | |
| Mn | 0 to 0.2 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.2 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.15 | |
| Zn | 0 to 0.030 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.1 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
Handbook of Aluminum vol. 2: Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing, George Totten and D. Scott MacKenzie (editors), 2003
ISO 6361-2: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheets, strips and plates - Part 2: Mechanical properties
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015