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6060-T5 aluminum is a type of 6060 aluminum. It is furnished in the T5 temper. To achieve this
temper, the metal is arti cially aged until it meets standard mechanical property
requirements. It has the second lowest strength and lowest ductility compared to the other
variants of 6060 aluminum.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 6060-T5 aluminum to: 6000-
series alloys (top), all aluminum alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). The length
of each bar shows the given value as a % of the largest value in the relevant set.

Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

68 GPa 9.9 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

9.0 %

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Fatigue Strength
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56 MPa 8.1 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.7 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

93 MPa 13 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

160 MPa 23 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

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110 MPa 17 x 103 psi

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Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion

400 J/g

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

660 °C 1210 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

610 °C 1130 °F

Speci c Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

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210 W/m-K 120 BTU/h-ft-°F

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Thermal Expansion

23 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

54 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Speci c)

180 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassi ed Properties

Base Metal Price

9.4 % relative

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Calomel Potential Menu

-710 mV

Density

2.7 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.3 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 66 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1190 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations
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Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work) Menu

13 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

95 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

50 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

16 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

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24 points

Thermal Diffusivity

86 m2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

7.0 points

Alloy Composition
97.9 to 99.3

0.35 to 0.6

0.3 to 0.6

0.1 to 0.3

0 to 0.15

0 to 0.1

0 to 0.1

0 to 0.1

0 to 0.050
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0 to 0.15

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

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Further Reading
ASTM B221: Standard Speci cation for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods,
Wire, Pro les, and Tubes

Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials, Lloyd H.

Hihara et al., 2014.

Aluminum: Properties and Physical Metallurgy, John E. Hatch (editor), 1984

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

ASM Specialty Handbook: Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, J. R. Davis (editor), 1993

EN 573-3: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Chemical composition and form of wrought
products. Chemical composition and form of products

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