6016 Aluminum vs. 2024 Aluminum
Both 6016 aluminum and 2024 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 6016 aluminum and the bottom bar is 2024 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 69 | |
| 71 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 27 | |
| 4.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 68 to 89 | |
| 90 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 27 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 130 to 170 | |
| 130 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 280 | |
| 200 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 110 to 210 | |
| 100 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 660 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 900 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 190 to 210 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 48 to 54 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 160 to 180 | |
| 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1180 | |
| 1140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 to 47 | |
| 20 to 68 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 82 to 340 | |
| 70 to 1680 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 18 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 25 to 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 77 to 86 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.1 to 12 | |
| 8.6 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 96.4 to 98.8 | |
| 90.7 to 94.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 3.8 to 4.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |