B535.0 Aluminum vs. 6063 Aluminum
Both B535.0 aluminum and 6063 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is B535.0 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6063 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 65 | |
| 25 to 95 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 66 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 | |
| 7.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 62 | |
| 39 to 95 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 70 to 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 260 | |
| 110 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 130 | |
| 49 to 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 630 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 550 | |
| 620 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 96 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 24 | |
| 49 to 58 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 82 | |
| 160 to 190 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 | |
| 13 to 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 18 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 11 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 18 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 79 to 89 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 4.8 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 91.7 to 93.4 | |
| 97.5 to 99.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 6.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |