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6061-T6 Aluminum

6061-T6 Aluminum

6061-T6 Aluminum

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Can someone tell me what the 'T6' stands for in 6061-T6 aluminum? And is there a chart around somewhere defining the available 6061 suffixes?
Thanks,
Chris

RE: 6061-T6 Aluminum

The T6 is temper designation: Solution heat-treated, artificially aged. More info on these designations should be available on internet, try google.

RE: 6061-T6 Aluminum

The T6 refers to a specific heat treatment condition because this aluminum alloy can be age hardened. Here is a web site that I have used for various aluminium alloys with reference to suffix designations;

http://aluminium.matter.org.uk/aluselect/06_compos...

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