6023 Aluminum vs. 1350 Aluminum
Both 6023 aluminum and 1350 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 6023 aluminum and the bottom bar is 1350 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 1.4 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 to 130 | |
| 24 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 44 to 110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 | |
| 68 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 310 | |
| 25 to 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 660 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 580 | |
| 650 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 170 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 45 | |
| 61 to 62 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 140 | |
| 200 to 210 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 39 | |
| 0.77 to 54 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 670 to 690 | |
| 4.4 to 200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 36 | |
| 7.0 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 | |
| 14 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 67 | |
| 96 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 3.0 to 8.2 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 94 to 97.7 | |
| 99.5 to 100 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Gallium (Ga), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.6 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.6 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |