ALumiFrame.com AlumiFrame 6061

6061 aluminum is a 6000-series aluminum alloy: there is significant alloying with both magnesium and silicon, and the alloy is formulated for primary forming into wrought products. 6061 is the Aluminum Association (AA) designation for this material. In European standards, it will be given as EN AW-6061. AlMg1SiCu is the EN chemical designation. H20 is the British Standard (BS) designation. A96061 is the UNS number. Additionally, the AFNOR (French) designation is A-G1SUC. Older literature may refer to this material as CSA GS11N, but this is now discouraged. It has been in use since 1935, but has only 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. The properties of 6061 aluminum include 16 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 6061 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.