Alloy Designation, Processing, and Use of AA6XXX Series Aluminium Alloys

Table 3

Composition of AA6XXX alloys [6–8].

Designation	Si, %	Mg, %	Cu, %	Mn, %	Cr, %	Others, %
			maximum	maximum	maximum
AA6003	0.35–1.0	0.8–1.5	0.10	0.8	0.35	—
AA6005	0.6–1.0	0.4–0.6	0.10	0.10	0.10	—
AA6053	0.44–1	1.1–1.4	0.10	—	0.15–0.35	—
AA6061	0.4–0.8	0.8–1.2	0.15–0.40	0.15	0.04–0.35	—
AA6063	0.2–0.6	0.45–1.0	0.10.	0.10	0.10	—
AA6066	0.9–1.8	0.8–1.4	0.7–1.2	0.6–1.1	0.40	—
AA6070	1.0–1.7	0.50–1.2	0.15–0.40	0.4–1.0	0.10	—
AA6101	0.3–0.7	0.35–0.8	0.10	0.03	0.03	B 0.06% maximum.
AA6105	0.6–1.0	0.45–0.8	0.10	0.10	0.10	—
AA6151	0.6–1.2	0.45–0.8	0.35	0.20	0.15–0.35	—
AA6162	0.4–0.8	0.7–1.1	0.20	0.10	0.10	—
AA6201	0.5–1.0	0.6–1.0	0.10	0.03	0.03	B 0.06% maximum.
AA6253	0.4–1.05	1.0–1.5	0.10	—	0.04–0.35	Zn 1.6–2.4%
AA6262	0.4–0.8	0.8–1.2	0.15–0.40	0.15	0.04–0.14	Pb and Bi 0.4–0.7% each
AA6351	0.7–1.3	0.4–0.8	0.10	0.4–0.8	—	—
AA6463	0.2–0.6	0.4–1.0	0.20	0.05	—	—
	0.2–0.5	0.4–0.8	0.15–0.40	0.10	—	—