2024 Aluminum vs. 6060 Aluminum
Both 2024 aluminum and 6060 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6060 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 16 | |
| 9.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 90 to 180 | |
| 37 to 70 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 130 to 320 | |
| 86 to 130 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 540 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 100 to 490 | |
| 71 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 54 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 180 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -600 | |
| -710 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1140 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 20 to 68 | |
| 13 to 24 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 70 to 1680 | |
| 37 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 49 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 46 | |
| 85 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.6 to 24 | |
| 6.3 to 9.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.7 to 94.7 | |
| 97.9 to 99.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |