7050-T7451 Aluminum
7050-T7451 aluminum is 7050 aluminum in the T7451 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is solution heat-treated, stress relieved, then stabilized by artificial overaging. The stress relief is accomplished by stretching the metal by an amount that depends on the type of standard wrought product being made (sheet, plate, bar, or forging). The degree of overaging is chosen so as to strike an effective balance between tensile strength, stress corrosion resistance, exfoliation corrosion resistance, and fracture toughness.
It has the second highest strength compared to the other variants of 7050 aluminum.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 7050-T7451 aluminum to: 7000-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
70 GPa 10 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
10 %
Fatigue Strength
200 MPa 30 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.32
Shear Modulus
26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
310 MPa 44 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
540 MPa 78 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
480 MPa 70 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
370 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
190 °C 380 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
630 °C 1170 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
490 °C 910 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
860 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
140 W/m-K 82 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
24 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
35 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
100 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
10 % relative
Density
3.1 g/cm3 190 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
8.2 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
150 MJ/kg 63 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
1120 L/kg 130 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
54 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
1650 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
45 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
49 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
48 points
Thermal Diffusivity
54 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
23 points
Alloy Composition
| Al | 87.3 to 92.1 | |
| Zn | 5.7 to 6.7 | |
| Cu | 2.0 to 2.6 | |
| Mg | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| Zr | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| Fe | 0 to 0.15 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.12 | |
| Mn | 0 to 0.1 | |
| Ti | 0 to 0.060 | |
| Cr | 0 to 0.040 | |
| res. | 0 to 0.15 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
Aluminum Standards and Data, Aluminum Association Inc., 2013
ISO 6361-2: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheets, strips and plates - Part 2: Mechanical properties
EN 573-3: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Chemical composition and form of wrought products. Chemical composition and form of products
Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials, ASM Handbook vol. 2, ASM International, 1993