713.0 Aluminum vs. 6008 Aluminum
Both 713.0 aluminum and 6008 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 713.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6008 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 69 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.9 to 4.3 | |
| 9.1 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 63 to 120 | |
| 55 to 88 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 200 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 100 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 860 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 35 | |
| 49 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 100 | |
| 160 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.8 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1110 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 8.7 to 9.9 | |
| 24 to 28 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 220 | |
| 76 to 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 45 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 57 | |
| 77 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 11 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 87.6 to 92.4 | |
| 96.5 to 99.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.4 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.5 to 0.9 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 7.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |