6061-t6 Seamless Aluminum Tube Forging Aluminum Alloy Tube
General 6061 characteristics and uses: Excellent joining characteristics, good acceptance of applied coatings. Combines relatively high strength, good workability, and high resistance to corrosion; widely available. The T8 and T9 tempers offer better chipping characteristics over the T6 temper.
Applications: Aircraft fittings, camera lens mounts, couplings, marines fittings and hardware, electrical fittings and connectors, decorative or misc. hardware, hinge pins, magneto parts, brake pistons, hydraulic pistons, appliance fittings, valves and valve parts; bike frames.
Aluminum 6061 has a density of 2.7g/cm^3, the modulus of elasticity is 68.9GPa with a tensile strength of 124-290 MPa. The elongation at break is 12-25%. It has a melting temperature of 585C. The chemical composition includes 0.04% - 0.35% Cr, 0.8% - 1.2% Mg, 0.15% max Mn, 0.4% - 0.8% Si.