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1060 (Al99.6, A91060) Aluminum

1060 aluminum is a 1000-series aluminum alloy: it is considered commercially pure, and is formulated for primary forming into wrought products. 1060 is the Aluminum Association (AA) designation for this material. In European standards, it will be given as EN AW-1060. A91060 is the UNS number. Additionally, the EN chemical designation is Al99,6.

It originally received its standard designation in 1954. This material is well established: the Further Reading section below cites a number of published standards, and that list is not necessarily exhaustive.

It can have the lowest tensile strength among the 1000-series alloys in the database.

The properties of 1060 aluminum include eleven common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare 1060 aluminum to: 1000-series alloys (top), all aluminum alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

68 GPa 9.9 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

1.1 to 30 %

Fatigue Strength

15 to 50 MPa 2.2 to 7.3 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.7 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

42 to 75 MPa 6.1 to 11 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

67 to 130 MPa 9.7 to 18 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

17 to 110 MPa 2.4 to 16 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

400 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

170 °C 340 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

660 °C 1210 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

650 °C 1190 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

230 W/m-K 140 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

24 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

62 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

210 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.5 % relative

Calomel Potential

-750 mV

Density

2.7 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.3 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

160 MJ/kg 67 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1200 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

0.57 to 37 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

2.1 to 89 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

50 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

6.9 to 13 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

14 to 21 points

Thermal Diffusivity

96 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

3.0 to 5.6 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought aluminum alloys, the composition of 1060 aluminum is notable for including vanadium (V). Vanadium is used to reduce grain size and increase recrystallization temperature.

Aluminum (Al)Al 99.6 to 100
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.35
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.25
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V)V 0 to 0.050
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.030
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 0 to 0.030

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

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

ASTM B483: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Tube and Pipe for General Purpose Applications

ASTM B210: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes

ASTM B211: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Bar, Rod, and Wire

ASTM B221: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes

Handbook of Aluminum vol. 2: Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing, George Totten and D. Scott MacKenzie (editors), 2003

ASTM B209: Standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate

Aluminum Standards and Data, Aluminum Association Inc., 2013

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