201.0 Aluminum vs. 206.0 Aluminum
Both 201.0 aluminum and 206.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 206.0 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 95 to 140 | |
| 95 to 110 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.4 to 20 | |
| 8.4 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 150 | |
| 88 to 210 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 10 to 22 | |
| 9.5 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 470 | |
| 330 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 19 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 to 33 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 87 to 97 | |
| 99 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 11 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -670 | |
| -680 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 63 | |
| 24 to 49 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1160 | |
| 270 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 42 | |
| 30 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 44 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 25 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 92.1 to 95.1 | |
| 93.3 to 95.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
| 4.2 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.55 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |