AA 6063 T82 Aluminum Alloy – High Corrosion Resistance & Superior Finish

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	Related Standards
Density	2.7 g/cm³	T82	AA Standards

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa	T82	AA Standards
Hardness, Brinell	82.0 [-]	T82	AA Standards
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	255.0 MPa	T82	AA Standards

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	20 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T82	AA Standards
	100 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T82	AA Standards
Melting point		615.0 - 655.0 °C	T82	AA Standards
Specific heat capacity		887.0 - 963.0 J/(kg·K)			Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Thermal conductivity		193.0 - 218.0 W/(m·K)	T82	AA Standards

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	29000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	T82	AA Standards
Electrical resistivity	2.94e-08 - 3.45e-08 Ω·m	T82	AA Standards

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Chromium	0.1 %	T82	AA Standards
Copper	0.1 %	T82	AA Standards
Iron	0.35 %	T82	AA Standards
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 %	T82	AA Standards
Manganese	0.1 %	T82	AA Standards
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 %	T82	AA Standards
Titanium	0.1 %	T82	AA Standards
Zinc	0.1 %	T82	AA Standards

Technological properties

Property
Brazing	general: possible with commercial processes and methods
Corrosion properties	Stress corrosion cracking: no damage during operation and laboratory tests, general: very good, without protection in industrial or seawater atmosphere
General machinability	General: poor (T1, T4), sufficient (T5, T452, T6, T83, T831, T832)
Workability	general (condition): acceptable (T1, T4, T5, T452), poor(T6, T83, T831, T832)

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