6016 Aluminum vs. EN AC-47000 Aluminum
Both 6016 aluminum and EN AC-47000 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 6016 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-47000 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 55 to 80 | |
| 60 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 73 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 27 | |
| 1.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 68 to 89 | |
| 68 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 280 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 210 | |
| 97 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 210 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 48 to 54 | |
| 33 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1040 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 47 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 340 | |
| 65 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 77 to 86 | |
| 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 8.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.4 to 98.8 | |
| 82.1 to 89.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.050 to 0.55 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |