Aluminum Tempers, Specifications and Designations

Among its advantages for specific applications are: low density, high strength-toweight ratio, good corrosion resistance, ease of fabrication and diversity of form.

Wrought and cast alloys are identified by a four-digit number, the first digit of which generally identifies the major alloying element as shown in the table below. For casting alloys, the fourth digit is separated the first three digits by a decimal point and indicates the form, i.e., casting or ingot.

Alloy Series      Principal Alloying Element   

           lXXX          997. Mm. Aluminum lXX.X 997. Mm. Aluminum
           2XXX         Copper 2XX..X Copper
           3XXX         Manganese 3XX.X Silicon with added copper and/or magnesium
           4XXX         Silicon 4XX.X Silicon
           5XXX         Magnesium 5XX.X Magnesium
           6XXX         Magnesium and Silicon
           6XX.X        Unused series
           7XXX         Zinc
           7XX.X        Zinc
           SXXX         Other Elements
           8XX.X        Tin
           9XXX         Unused series
           9XX.X        Other Elements

Basic Aluminum Temper Designations

Products that are thermally treated with or without supplementary strain-hardening are designated with a -T temper. The T is followed by a digit or digits which designate the specific thermal treatment. Temper designations for aluminum alloys are as follows:

-Tl: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process and naturally aged to a substantially stable condition.

-T2: Annealed (cast products only).

-T3: Solution heat treated and then cold worked. Applies to products that are cold worked to improve strength or in which the effect of cold work in flattening or straightening is recognized in mechanical property limits.

-T31: Solution heat treated and then cold worked by flattening or stretching. Applies to 2219 and 2024 sheet and plate per MIL-A-8920. Also applies to rivets driven cold immediately after solution heat treatment or cold storage. 2024 rivets are an example.

-T351: Solution heat treatment and stress relieved by stretching. This is equivalent to -T4 condition. It applies to 2024 plate and rolled bar and 2219 plate per MIL-A-8920.

-T3511: Solution heat treated and stress relieved by stretching with minor stretching allowed. This is equivalent to -T4 condition and applies to 2024 extrusions.

-T36: Solution heat treated and then cold worked by a reduction of 6 percent. Applies to 2024 sheet and plate.

-T37: Solution heat treated and then cold worked by a reduction of 8 percent. Applies to 2219 sheet and plate.

-T4: Solution heat treated and naturally aged to a substantially stable condition. Applies to products which are not cold worked after solution heat treatment, or in which the effect of cold work in flattening or straightening may not be recognized in mechanical property limits.

-T42: Solution heat treated and naturally aged by the user to a substantially stable condition. Applies to 2014-0 and 2024-0 plate and extrusions which are heat treated by the user the annealed condition.

-T451: Solution heat treated and stress relieved by stretching. Equivalent to -T4 and applies to plate and rolled bar stock except 2024 and 2219.

T4511: Solution heat treated and stress relieved by stretching with minor straightening allowed. Equivalent to -T4 and applies to all extrusions except 2024 and 2219.

-T5: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process and then artificially aged.

-T51: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process, stress-relieved by stretching and then artificially aged.

-T52: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process, stress-relieved by compressing and then artificially aged.

-T54: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process, stress-relived by stretching and compressing and then artificially aged. Applies to die forgings which are stress-relieved by restriking cold in the finish die.

-T6: Solution heat treated and then artificially aged. Mechanical property limits not affected by cold working. Most alloys in the -w and -T4 conditions artificially aged to -T6.

-T61: Solution heat treated and then artificially aged. Applies to forgings which receive a boiling water quench to avoid internal quenching stress. Applies to solution heat treated and artificially aged castings when more than one aging cycle is available for that alloy.

-T611: Solution heat treated and artificially aged. Applies only to 7079 forgings which are quenched in 1750 to 185⁰F water.

-T62: Solution heat treated and then artificially aged by the user. Applies to any temper which has been heat treated and aged by user which attains mechanical properties different those of the -T6 condition.

-T651: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by stretching and artificially aged. Equivalent to -T6 and applies to plate and rolled bar except 2219.

-T6510: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by stretching and artificially aged with no hard straightening after aging. Applies to extruded rod, bar and shapes except 2024.

-T6511: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by stretching and artificially aged with minor straightening. Equivalent to -T6 and applies to extruded rod, bar and shapes except 2024.

-T652: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by compressive deformation and artificially aged. Equivalent to -T6 and applies to hard forged squares, rectangles and simply shaped die forgings except 2219.

-T7: Solution heat treated and then stabilized. Applies to products which are stabilized to carry them beyond the point of maximum strength to provide control of growth and residual stress.

-T73: Solution heat treated and then specially artificially aged. Applies to 7075 alloys which have been specially aged to make the material resistant to stress-corrosion.

-T7351: Solution heat treated and specially artificially aged. Applies to 7075 alloy sheet and plate which have been specially aged to make the material resistant to stress-corrosion.

-T73511: Solution heat treatment and specially artificially aged. Applies to 7075 alloy extrusions which have been specially aged to make the material resistant to stress-corrosion.

-T7352: Solution heat treated and specially artificially aged. Applies to 7075 alloy forgings which have both compression-stress relief and special aging to make the material resistant to stress-corrosion.

-T8: Solution heat treated, cold worked and then artificially aged. Applies to products which are cold worked to improve strength, or in which the effect of cold work in flattening or straightening is recognized in the mechanical property limits.

-T81: Solution heat treated, cold worked and then artificially aged. Applies to 2024-T3 artificially aged to T-81.

-T851: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by stretching and artificially aged. Applicable to plate, rolled bar and rod.

-T8511: Solution heat treated, stress-relieved by stretching and artificially aged. Applies to 2024 extrusions and 2219.

-T86: Solution heat treated, cold worked by a thickness reduction of 6 percent and then artificially aged. Applies to 2024 sheet and plate.

-T87: Solution -heat treated, cold worked by a thickness reduction of 10 percent and then artificially aged. Applies to 2219 sheet and plate.

-T9: Solution heat treated, artificially aged and then cold worked. Applies to products which are cold worked to improve strength.

-TlO: Cooled an elevated temperature shaping process, artificially aged and then cold worked. Applies to products which are artificially aged after cooling an elevated temperature shaping process, such as casting or extrusion and then cold worked to further improve strength.

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