201.0 Aluminum vs. 6005 Aluminum
Both 201.0 aluminum and 6005 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 201.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6005 aluminum.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 95 to 140 | |
90 to 95 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
68 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.4 to 20 | |
9.5 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 150 | |
55 to 95 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.33 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
26 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
120 to 210 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 470 | |
190 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 400 | |
100 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
160 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
650 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 570 | |
610 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
900 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
180 to 200 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
23 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 to 33 | |
54 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 87 to 97 | |
180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
9.5 |
Calomel Potential, mV | -670 | |
-740 |
Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 to 63 | |
27 to 36 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 1160 | |
77 to 550 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
51 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 42 | |
20 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 37 to 44 | |
28 to 38 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 45 | |
74 to 83 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 25 | |
8.6 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 92.1 to 95.1 | |
97.5 to 99 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.15 to 0.55 | |
0.4 to 0.6 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |