7049A Aluminum vs. Sintered 6061 Aluminum
Both 7049A aluminum and sintered 6061 aluminum are aluminum alloys. They have 88% 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 7049A aluminum and the bottom bar is sintered 6061 aluminum.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 68 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 5.7 | |
| 0.5 to 6.0 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 32 to 62 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 590 | |
| 83 to 210 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 530 | |
| 62 to 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 170 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 640 | |
| 640 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 430 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 | |
| 900 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 23 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 40 | |
| 52 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 120 | |
| 170 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1100 | |
| 1180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 32 | |
| 0.68 to 7.0 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1800 to 1990 | |
| 28 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 44 | |
| 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 52 to 53 | |
| 8.6 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 to 51 | |
| 16 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 50 | |
| 81 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 3.8 to 9.4 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 84.6 to 89.5 | |
| 96 to 99.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.050 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 2.1 to 3.1 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 7.2 to 8.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |