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7010-T62 Aluminum

7010-T62 aluminum is 7010 aluminum in the T62 temper. To achieve this temper, the metal is solution heat-treated and artificially aged until it meets standard mechanical property requirements. Unlike T6 temper, this is done by the receiver rather than the supplier.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 7010-T62 aluminum to: 7000-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

Brinell Hardness

190

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

70 GPa 10 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

3.9 %

Fatigue Strength

180 MPa 27 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.32

Shear Modulus

26 GPa 3.8 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

340 MPa 49 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

580 MPa 84 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

540 MPa 79 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

380 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

200 °C 380 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

630 °C 1170 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

480 °C 890 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

860 J/kg-K 0.21 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

150 W/m-K 88 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

24 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

40 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

120 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

10 % relative

Density

3.0 g/cm3 190 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

8.3 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

150 MJ/kg 64 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

1120 L/kg 130 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

22 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

2130 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

13 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

45 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

53 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

51 points

Thermal Diffusivity

58 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

25 points

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al)Al 87.9 to 90.6
Zinc (Zn)Zn 5.7 to 6.7
Magnesium (Mg)Mg 2.1 to 2.6
Copper (Cu)Cu 1.5 to 2.0
Zirconium (Zr)Zr 0.1 to 0.16
Iron (Fe)Fe 0 to 0.15
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 0.12
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 0.1
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr)Cr 0 to 0.050
Nickel (Ni)Ni 0 to 0.050
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

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

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