AlMg5 | 3.3555 Material Datasheet

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Material Description

Material Number Material Number (single) Standard Scope Standard Status Country VDA 231-106 classification
3.3555 (DIN 1725-1 : 1983-02) 3.3555 DIN 1725-1 : 1983-02 DIN 1725-1 : 1983-02 replaced by DIN EN 573-3 : 2003-10 and DIN EN 573-4 : 2004-05 Replaced Germany 2.1 1)
1) Remark: The alloy is characterised by a good corrosion resistance. It is sea water steady and resistant to saline atmosphere. The Mg content increases the strength, but the cold forming capacity decreases. The material is nature hard, i.e. only by a cold forming and not by a purposeful heat treatment a strength increase can be attained. It is well polishable and anodisable. The splinter-giving machinability becomes better with increasing Mg content, just as the weldability. AlMg5 has the highest Mg content of the standardized AlMg alloys, so it is badly cold formable, but the strength is the highest, so that the employment is possible for statically more highly loaded constructions. The alloy is suitable for a splinter-giving machinig on automats. It possesses sensitivity to intergranular corrosion. By a purposeful heat treatment and/or by additive of Mn or Cr the inclination to the intergranular corrosion can be reduced. Application: In the optics, in the automobile engineering for body parts, in mechanical engineering (turned parts). For joining elements (solid rivets, blind rivets, riveting nuts and screws). In the building industry for carrying constructions as well as in shipbuilding considering the sensitivity to corrosion.

Chemical Composition

Cr [%] Cu [%] Fe [%] Mg [%] Mn [%] Si [%] Ti [%] Zn [%]
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Mechanical Properties

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Physical Properties

Temperature [°C] Melting Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³] Young's Modulus [GPa] Shear Modulus [GPa] Mean Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (reference 20°C) [10^-6*K^-1] Thermal Conductivity [W/(m*K)] Mean Specific Heat Capacity [kJ/(kg*K)] Electric Conductivity [MS/m]
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Creep Rupture Behaviour

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Cross Reference

Material Name Country Standard
5056 Australia AS 2848.1
5056 Belgium NBN P21-001
424415 Czech Republik/Slovakia CSN 424415
AlMg5 Czech Republik/Slovakia CSN 424415
5019 Great Britain BS 1473
N6 Great Britain BS 1473
5019 Great Britain BS 1474
N6 Great Britain BS 1474
5019 Great Britain BS 1475
N6 Great Britain BS 1475
3L58 Great Britain BSL 3L58
1550 Russia GOST 4784
AMg5 Russia GOST 4784
AlMg5 USA AA 5019
AlMg5 International ISO 209-1
AlMg5 Austria ÖNORM M 3430
AlMg5 Poland PN H-88026
PA20 Poland PN H-88026
5019 Spain UNE 38-300
Al-5Mg Spain UNE 38-300
L-3320 Spain UNE 38-300
5019 Spain UNE 38-332
Al-5Mg Spain UNE 38-332
L-3320 Spain UNE 38-332
AlMg5 Turkey TS 412
AlMg5 Hungary MSZ 3714/1
EN AW-Al Mg5 (EN AW-5019) Germany DIN EN 573-3

Producer/Supplier/Trade names

Tradename Supplier
500 Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen AG & Co. KG, Wutöschingen
Al-Mg 5 Metall Dittrich, Velbert
Alcan WG-56 S Novelis Deutschland GmbH, Göttingen
Alcan WG-A 56 S Novelis Deutschland GmbH, Göttingen
AlMg5 Drahtwerk Elisental W. Erdmann GmbH & Co, Neuenrade
AlMg5 CSN Carl Schreiber GmbH, Neunkirchen
AlMg5 Wieland Metal Services Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf
AlMg5 Eugen Geyer GmbH, Königsbach-Stein
AlMg5 J.G. Dahmen & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn
AlMg5 Manfred J.C. Niemann, Bremen
AlMg5 F25 Hydro Aluminium Extrusion Deutschland GmbH, Rackwitz
AM 58 OTTO FUCHS KG, Meinerzhagen
VAW 63/50 Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, Grevenbroich
VAW 63/50 Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH, Hannover
VAW 63/50 Aluminium Norf GmbH, Neuss
VAW 63/50 Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH , Bonn

Material Compliance

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Formability - Bending - Folding

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Linear-elastic

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Coefficient thermal expansion

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Specific heat

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Density

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Thermal conductivity

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