MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

6070 Aluminum vs. A390.0 Aluminum

Both 6070 aluminum and A390.0 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 6070 aluminum and the bottom bar is A390.0 aluminum.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70
75
Elongation at Break, % 5.6 to 8.6
0.87 to 0.91
Fatigue Strength, MPa 95 to 130
70 to 100
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 370 to 380
190 to 290
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
190 to 290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 410
640
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 160
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 650
580
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 570
480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
880
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 160
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
20

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 41
20
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 140
67

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
11
Density, g/cm3 2.7
2.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
7.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 1170
950

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 20 to 32
1.6 to 2.6
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 900
240 to 580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
52
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
19 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 42 to 43
27 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 65
56
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 17
9.0 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 94.6 to 98
75.3 to 79.6
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.1
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.15 to 0.4
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.5 to 1.2
0.45 to 0.65
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 1.7
16 to 18
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.2

Comparable Variants