AA 6063 T8 Aluminum Alloy – Superior Corrosion Resistance & Finishing

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

Properties

General

Property	Value	Condition
Density	2.7 g/cm³	T8

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Comment
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa	T8
Elongation	9.0 %	T8
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
Tensile strength	260.0 MPa	T8
Yield strength	240.0 MPa	T8

Thermal

Property	Value	Condition
Coefficient of thermal expansion	2.3e-05 1/K	T8
Melting point	620.0 °C	T8
Specific heat capacity	900.0 J/(kg·K)	T8
Thermal conductivity	200.0 W/(m·K)	T8

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
Aluminium	97.5 - 99.4 %	T8
Chromium	0.1 %	T8
Copper	0.1 %	T8
Iron	0.35 %	T8
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 %	T8
Manganese	0.1 %	T8
Other	0.15 %	T8
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 %	T8
Titanium	0.1 %	T8
Zinc	0.1 %	T8

Technological properties

Property
Workability	Excellent workability.

Property

Workability

Excellent workability.

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