2024-T8 Aluminum vs. 6063-T8 Aluminum
Both 2024-T8 aluminum and 6063-T8 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Both are furnished in the T8 temper. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024-T8 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6063-T8 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 80 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
| 52 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
| 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Calomel Potential, mV | -600 | |
| -740 |
| 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 | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1380 | |
| 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 46 | |
| 82 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 90.7 to 94.7 | |
| 97.5 to 99.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.8 to 4.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0.45 to 0.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |