ASTM B241 Grade 6063 T4 Aluminum Alloy – High Corrosion Resistance & Superior Finish

Aluminum ASTM 6063 is an architectural alloy that offers users a high resistance to corrosion and excellent finishing characteristics. Easy to extrude with fair machinability, ASTM 6063 can be both hot and cold formed and is commonly available as T6 temper as well as T4 temper.

Properties

General

Property	Value	Comment
Density	2.7 g/cm³	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium

Mechanical

Property	Value	Comment
Elastic modulus	70.0 GPa	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Plane-Strain Fracture Toughnes	22.0 - 35.0 MPa·√m	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Poisson's ratio	0.33 [-]	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Shear modulus	26.0 - 26.5 GPa	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium

Thermal

Property	Value	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	1.6e-05 - 2.4e-05 1/K	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Melting point	555.0 - 655.0 °C	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Specific heat capacity	887.0 - 963.0 J/(kg·K)	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Thermal conductivity	170.0 - 220.0 W/(m·K)	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium

Electrical

Property	Value	Comment
Electrical conductivity	21000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Electrical resistivity	2.9e-08 - 5e-08 Ω·m	Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Shape
Chromium	0.1	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Copper	0.1	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Iron	0.35	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 %	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Manganese	0.1	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 %	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Titanium	0.1	T4	ASTM B241	Tube
Zinc	0.1	T4	ASTM B241	Tube

Technological properties

Property
Workability	Excellent workability.

Property

Workability

Excellent workability.

ASTM B241 Grade 6061 T4 Aluminum Alloy – High Performance & Corrosion Resistance Grade Cq15 Cold-Drawn Steel – Spheroidized Carbides, Annealed, Slightly Skin-Passed

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