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Aluminum Strengths?

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07-03-2012, 09:30

Gary Dillard Gary Dillard is offline

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Re: Aluminum Strengths?

Be careful with 6XXX series aluminum in welded applications - the strength in the heat affected zone drops by as much as 75% (9 ksi instead of 36 ksi for 6061-T6 tensile yield).

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