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6060-T5 Aluminum
6060-T5 aluminum is a MakeItFrom.com
type of 6060 aluminum. It is furnished in the T5
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Material Properties

Base Metal Price: 16 % rel

Calomel Potential: -710 mV

Density: 2.7 g/cm3 (170 lb/ft3)

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus: 71 GPa (10 x 106 psi)

Electrical Conductivity: 54 % IACS

Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude: -7 10x -m

Elongation at Break: 9.2 %

Melting Onset (Solidus): 610 C (1130 F)

Modulus of Resilience (Unit Resilience): 100 kJ/m3

Poisson's Ratio: 0.33

Shear Modulus: 26 GPa (3.8 x 106 psi)

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Specific Heat Capacity: 900 J/kg-K

Strength to Weight Ratio: 59 kN-m/kg

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS): 160 MPa (23 x 103 psi)

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof): 120 MPa (17 x 103 psi)

Thermal Conductivity: 210 W/m-K

Thermal Diffusivity: 86 m2/s

Thermal Expansion: 23 m/m-K

Unit Rupture Work (Ultimate Resilience): 13 MJ/m3

The length of each bar compares the given value to the highest value in the
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Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al): 97.9 to 99.3 %

Magnesium (Mg): 0.35 to 0.6 %

Silicon (Si): 0.3 to 0.6 %

Iron (Fe): 0.1 to 0.3 %

Residuals: 0 to 0.15 %

Zinc (Zn): 0 to 0.15 %

Copper (Cu): 0 to 0.1 %

Manganese (Mn): 0 to 0.1 %

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Titanium (Ti): 0 to 0.1 %

Chromium (Cr): 0 to 0.050 %

Followup Questions

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Further Reading

EN 755-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Extruded rod/bar, tube and

profiles. Mechanical properties

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