6016 Aluminum vs. ASTM Grade HC Steel
6016 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while ASTM grade HC steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 6016 aluminum and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HC steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 27 | |
| 6.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 68 to 89 | |
| 96 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 280 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 210 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 210 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 48 to 54 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 47 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 340 | |
| 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 77 to 86 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.4 to 98.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 61.9 to 74 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 4.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |