AA 6063 T62 Aluminum Alloy – High Corrosion Resistance & Superior 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	Related Standards
Density	2.7 g/cm³	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
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	205.0 MPa	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B221, ASTM B345
	230.0 MPa	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	20 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
	100 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Melting point		615.0 - 655.0 °C	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
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)	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	29000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Electrical resistivity	2.94e-08 - 3.45e-08 Ω·m	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Chromium	0.1 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Copper	0.1 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Iron	0.35 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Manganese	0.1 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Titanium	0.1 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483
Zinc	0.1 %	T62	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B221, ASTM B345, ASTM B483

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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