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6025-H32 Aluminum

6025-H32 aluminum is 6025 aluminum in the H32 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is strain hardened, and then stabilized, to a strength that is roughly a quarter of the way between annealed (O) and full-hard (H38).

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 6025-H32 aluminum to: 6000-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

70 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

3.4 %

Fatigue Strength

110 MPa 16 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.33

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

120 MPa 17 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

200 MPa 29 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

150 MPa 22 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

410 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

160 °C 330 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

650 °C 1190 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

550 °C 1030 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

900 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

130 W/m-K 77 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

23 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

33 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

110 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

9.5 % relative

Density

2.8 g/cm3 170 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.5 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 65 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1160 L/kg 140 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

6.3 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

170 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

50 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

20 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

28 points

Thermal Diffusivity

54 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

8.9 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 91.7 to 96.3
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 2.1 to 3.0
Silicon (Si)Si 0.8 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0.6 to 1.4
Copper (Cu)Cu 0.2 to 0.7
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.7
Zinc (Zn)Zn 0 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr)Cr 0 to 0.2
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.2
Residualsres. 0 to 0.15

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

Followup Questions

Further Reading

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

EN 485-2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and plate. Mechanical properties

ISO 6361-2: Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheets, strips and plates - Part 2: Mechanical properties

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