6063 Aluminum vs. EN AC-46600 Aluminum
Both 6063 aluminum and EN AC-46600 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 90% 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 6063 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN AC-46600 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 25 to 95 | |
| 77 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 | |
| 72 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 7.3 to 21 | |
| 1.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 39 to 95 | |
| 75 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 110 to 300 | |
| 180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 49 to 270 | |
| 110 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 650 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 890 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 220 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 22 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 49 to 58 | |
| 29 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 190 | |
| 94 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1190 | |
| 1080 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 13 to 27 | |
| 1.7 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 18 to 540 | |
| 81 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 37 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 79 to 89 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.8 to 13 | |
| 8.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 97.5 to 99.4 | |
| 85.6 to 92.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |