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Cork vs. 6101 Aluminum

Cork and 6101 aluminum belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cork is a polymeric material, while 6101 aluminum is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, 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 cork and the bottom bar is 6101 aluminum.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.15
2.7
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 0.020
68
Elongation at Break, % 15
10 to 25
Shear Modulus, GPa 0.010
26
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 2000
900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 0.074
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 60
50
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.040
220 to 230
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.13
89 to 93
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
23