AA Standards Grade 6063 T831

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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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Properties

General

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Density	2.7 g/cm³ Show Material materials with Density of 2.7 g/cm³	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	2.7 g/cm³ Show Material materials with Density of 2.7 g/cm³	T831

Mechanical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards	Comment
Compressive modulus	69.7 MPa Show Material materials with Compressive modulus of 69.7 MPa	T831
Elastic modulus	69.0 GPa Show Material materials with Elastic modulus of 69.0 GPa	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	69 GPa Show Material materials with Elastic modulus of 69 GPa	T831
Elongation	7.9 % Show Material materials with Elongation of 7.9 %	T831
	10 % Show Material materials with Elongation of 10 %	T831
Hardness, Brinell	70.0 [-] Show Material materials with Hardness, Brinell of 70.0 [-]	T831		500 kg load, 10 mm ball
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
Shear strength	124.0 MPa Show Material materials with Shear strength of 124.0 MPa	T831
Tensile strength	195.0 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 195.0 MPa	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	205 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 205 MPa	T831
	210.0 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 210.0 MPa	T831
Yield strength	170.0 MPa Show Material materials with Yield strength of 170.0 MPa	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483	RP02
	185 MPa Show Material materials with Yield strength of 185 MPa	T831		RP02
	190.0 MPa Show Material materials with Yield strength of 190.0 MPa	T831

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Coefficient of thermal expansion		2.3e-05 1/K Show Material materials with Coefficient of thermal expansion of 2.3e-05 1/K	T831
	20 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K Show Material materials with Coefficient of thermal expansion of 2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	100 °C	2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K Show Material materials with Coefficient of thermal expansion of 2.3399999999999996e-05 1/K	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Melting point		615.0 - 655.0 °C Show Material materials with Melting point of 615.0 - 655.0 °C	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
		620.0 °C Show Material materials with Melting point of 620.0 °C	T831
Specific heat capacity		900.0 J/(kg·K) Show Material materials with Specific heat capacity of 900.0 J/(kg·K)	T831
Thermal conductivity		193.0 - 218.0 W/(m·K) Show Material materials with Thermal conductivity of 193.0 - 218.0 W/(m·K)	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
		200.0 W/(m·K) Show Material materials with Thermal conductivity of 200.0 W/(m·K)	T831

Electrical

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Electrical conductivity	29000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m Show Material materials with Electrical conductivity of 29000000.0 - 34000000.0 S/m	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Electrical resistivity	2.94e-08 - 3.45e-08 Ω·m Show Material materials with Electrical resistivity of 2.94e-08 - 3.45e-08 Ω·m	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483

Chemical properties

Property	Value	Condition	Related Standards
Aluminium	97.5 - 99.4 % Show Material materials with Aluminium of 97.5 - 99.4 %	T831
Chromium	0.1 % Show Material materials with Chromium of 0.1 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Copper	0.1 % Show Material materials with Copper of 0.1 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Iron	0.35 % Show Material materials with Iron of 0.35 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
	0.35 % Show Material materials with Iron of 0.35 %	T831
Magnesium	0.45 - 0.9 % Show Material materials with Magnesium of 0.45 - 0.9 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Manganese	0.1 % Show Material materials with Manganese of 0.1 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Other	0.15 % Show Material materials with Other of 0.15 %	T831
Silicon	0.2 - 0.6 % Show Material materials with Silicon of 0.2 - 0.6 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Titanium	0.1 % Show Material materials with Titanium of 0.1 %	T831	AA Standards, ASTM B210, ASTM B483
Zinc	0.1 % Show Material materials with Zinc of 0.1 %	T831	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)

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