6016 Aluminum vs. AWS ERTi-1
6016 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while AWS ERTi-1 belongs to the titanium alloys. 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 6016 aluminum and the bottom bar is AWS ERTi-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 27 | |
| 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 68 to 89 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 41 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 280 | |
| 240 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 210 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 1670 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 1620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 540 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 210 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 8.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 48 to 54 | |
| 3.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 510 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 47 | |
| 52 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 340 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 77 to 86 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.4 to 98.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 99.773 to 99.97 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |