296.0 Aluminum vs. 6261 Aluminum
Both 296.0 aluminum and 6261 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 296.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6261 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.2 to 7.1 | |
| 9.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 47 to 70 | |
| 60 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 to 270 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 120 to 180 | |
| 100 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 540 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 to 150 | |
| 180 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 33 to 37 | |
| 48 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 99 to 110 | |
| 160 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 7.6 to 15 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 77 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 15 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 to 31 | |
| 23 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 51 to 56 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 6.5 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 89 to 94 | |
| 96.6 to 98.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |