EN AC-41000 Aluminum vs. 6070 Aluminum
Both EN AC-41000 aluminum and 6070 aluminum are aluminum alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 EN AC-41000 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6070 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 70 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 | |
| 5.6 to 8.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 58 to 71 | |
| 95 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 to 280 | |
| 370 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 80 to 210 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
| 570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 170 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 38 | |
| 41 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 130 | |
| 140 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1160 | |
| 1170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 6.4 to 11 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 46 to 300 | |
| 880 to 900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 29 | |
| 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 35 | |
| 42 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 69 | |
| 65 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 to 13 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 95.2 to 97.6 | |
| 94.6 to 98 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.6 to 2.4 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |