Material Specifications - 6005A T5 Aluminium Alloy

Material Specifications
6005A T5 Aluminium Alloy

About 6xxx Series Alloys

The 6xxx series are versatile, heat treatable, highly formable, weldable and have moderately high strength coupled with excellent corrosion resistance.  Alloys in this series contain silicon and magnesium in order to form magnesium silicide within the alloy.  Extrusion products from the 6xxx series are the first choice for architectural and structural applications.  Alloy 6061 is the most widely used alloy in this series and is often used in truck and marine frames.  Additionally, the iPhone 6 extrusion was made from 6xxx series alloy.

Characteristics

6005A T5 is a medium structural alloy. Good extrusion characteristics with good surface finish. Available in structural shapes of all types, rod, bar, and tube, offered in the T5 temper.

Applications

Medium structural applications where surface finish is important. Marine, Transport applications. 

Technical Specifications

The guaranteed minimum mechanical properties of 6005A are tabulated below.

Physical Properties Metric
Density 2.70 g/cc
Mechanical Properties Metric
Hardness, Brinell 95
Hardness, Knoop 120
Hardness, Vickers 107
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 260 MPa
Tensile Strength, Yield 240 MPa
Elongation at Break 8.0%
Modulus of Elasticity  69.0 GPa
Poissons Ratio 0.33
Fatigue Strength 100 MPa
Shear Modulus 26.0 GPa
Shear Strength 205 MPa
Electrical Properties Metric
Electrical Resistivity 0.00000349 ohm-cm @ 20 °C
Thermal Properties Metric
CTE, linear 23.4 µm/m-°C
Specific Heat Capacity 0.890 J/g-°C
Thermal Conductivity  189 W/m-K
Melting Point 607.2 - 654 °C
Solidus  607.2 °C
Liquidus  654 °C
Processing Properties Metric
Annealing Temperature 414 °C
Solution Temperature 546.1 °C
Aging Temperature 174 °C
Component Elements Properties Metric
Aluminum, Al <= 97.5 %
Chromium, Cr <= 0.10 %
Copper, Cu <= 0.10 %
Iron, Fe <= 0.35 %
Magnesium, Mg 0.40 - 0.60 %
Manganese, Mn <= 0.10 %
Other, each <= 0.05 %
Other, total <= 0.15 %
Silicon, Si  0.60 - 0.90 %
Titanium, Ti  <= 0.10 %
Zinc, Zn  <= 0.10 %