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Sintered 6061 Aluminum vs. 6025 Aluminum

Both sintered 6061 aluminum and 6025 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 sintered 6061 aluminum and the bottom bar is 6025 aluminum.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
70
Elongation at Break, % 0.5 to 6.0
2.8 to 10
Fatigue Strength, MPa 32 to 62
67 to 110
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.33
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
26
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 83 to 210
190 to 240
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 62 to 190
68 to 210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
160
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
650
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
550
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
900
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
130
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
23

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 52
33
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
110

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
9.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
2.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
1160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 0.68 to 7.0
6.0 to 15
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 28 to 280
33 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
50
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 21
19 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 29
26 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 81
54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.8 to 9.4
8.2 to 10

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96 to 99.4
91.7 to 96.3
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.7
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 1.2
2.1 to 3.0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0.6 to 1.4
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.8
0.8 to 1.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.15

Comparable Variants