6016 Aluminum vs. Solder Alloy 301
6016 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while solder alloy 301 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 solder alloy 301.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 55 to 80 | |
23 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
40 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 27 | |
51 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.34 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
15 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 280 | |
55 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 210 | |
49 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
55 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
140 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
140 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
160 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 210 | |
19 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
14 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 48 to 54 | |
4.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
4.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
8.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
13 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 47 | |
27 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 340 | |
30 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
2.5 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
13 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 29 | |
1.8 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
3.7 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 77 to 86 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
7.2 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 96.4 to 98.8 | |
0 to 0.0010 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
56.5 to 59 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0020 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Indium (In), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
41 to 43 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.0010 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |