AA 6063 T8

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Description

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.

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Applications

Construction

Building Elements

Windows

Consumer Goods

Furniture

Properties

General

Property	Value	Condition
Density	2.7 g/cm³ Show Material materials with Density of 2.7 g/cm³	T8

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Comment
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa Show Material materials with Elastic modulus of 69.0 GPa	T8
Elongation	9.0 % Show Material materials with Elongation of 9.0 %	T8
Plane-Strain Fracture Toughnes	22.0 - 35.0 MPa·√m Show Material materials with Plane-Strain Fracture Toughnes of 22.0 - 35.0 MPa·√m		Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Poisson's ratio	0.33 [-] Show Material materials with Poisson's ratio of 0.33 [-]		Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Shear modulus	26.0 - 26.5 GPa Show Material materials with Shear modulus of 26.0 - 26.5 GPa		Typical for Wrought 6000 Series Aluminium
Tensile strength	260.0 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 260.0 MPa	T8
Yield strength	240.0 MPa Show Material materials with Yield strength of 240.0 MPa	T8

Thermal

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

Electrical

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

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition
Aluminium	97.5 - 99.4 % Show Material materials with Aluminium of 97.5 - 99.4 %	T8
Chromium	0.1 % Show Material materials with Chromium of 0.1 %	T8
Copper	0.1 % Show Material materials with Copper of 0.1 %	T8
Iron	0.35 % Show Material materials with Iron of 0.35 %	T8
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 % Show Material materials with Magnesium of 0.45 - 0.9 %	T8
Manganese	0.1 % Show Material materials with Manganese of 0.1 %	T8
Other	0.15 % Show Material materials with Other of 0.15 %	T8
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 % Show Material materials with Silicon of 0.2 - 0.6 %	T8
Titanium	0.1 % Show Material materials with Titanium of 0.1 %	T8
Zinc	0.1 % Show Material materials with Zinc of 0.1 %	T8

Technological properties

Property

Workability

Excellent workability.