A206.0 Aluminum vs. Type 1 Magnetic Alloy
A206.0 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while Type 1 magnetic alloy belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 A206.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is Type 1 magnetic alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.2 to 10 | |
4.0 to 38 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
0.3 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
72 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 440 | |
500 to 830 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 380 | |
220 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
270 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 670 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
460 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 30 | |
3.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 90 | |
3.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
31 |
Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
8.3 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.0 | |
5.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
77 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 1150 | |
130 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 16 to 37 | |
33 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 1000 | |
130 to 1690 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
23 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
17 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
17 to 24 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 19 | |
16 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 93.9 to 95.7 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 4.2 to 5.0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
50.7 to 56.5 |
Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
43.5 to 46.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |