AA 6063 T832 Aluminum: High-Performance Architectural Alloy

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	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Hardness, Brinell	95.0 [-]	T832	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	275.0 MPa	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	285.0 MPa	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	290.0 MPa	T832	AA Standards

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Coefficient of thermal expansion	20 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	100 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Melting point		615.0 - 655.0 °C	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, 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)	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	29000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Electrical resistivity	2.94e-08 - 3.45e-08 Ω·m	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Chromium	0.1 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Copper	0.1 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Iron	0.35 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Manganese	0.1 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Titanium	0.1 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Zinc	0.1 %	T832	AA Standards, ASTM B210, 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)

AA 6061 T51: High-Performance Aluminium Alloy for Corrosion Resistance and Easy Fabrication EN 573-3 Grade AW-6063 H14 – Premium Architectural Aluminum Alloy with Superior Corrosion Resistance

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