SAE-AMS-QQ-A-200-8-1997

SAETechnicalStandardsBoardRulesprovidethat:“ThisreportispublishedbySAEtoadvancethestateoftechnicalandengineeringsciences.Theuseofthisreportisentirelyvoluntary,anditsapplicabilityandsuitabilityforanyparticularuse,includinganypatentinfringementarisingtherefrom,isthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser.”SAEreviewseachtechnicalreportatleasteveryfiveyearsatwhichtimeitmaybereaffirmed,revised,orcancelled.SAEinvitesyourwrittencommentsandsuggestions.Copyright©2007SAEInternationalAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofSAE.TOPLACEADOCUMENTORDER:Tel:[phone](insideUSAandCanada)Tel:[phone](outsideUSA)Fax:[phone]Email:[e-mail]:(TSB)RulesandRegulations(TSB001)pertainingtoacceleratedadoptionofgovernmentspecificationsandstandards.TSBrulesprovidefor(a)thepublicationofportionsofunrevisedgovernmentspecificationsandstandardswithoutconsensusvotingattheSAECommitteelevel,(b)theuseoftheexistinggovernmentspecificationorstandardformat,and(c)theexclusionofanyqualifiedproductlist(QPL)sections.Thecompleterequirementsforprocuringaluminumalloy6061bar,rod,shapes,tube,andwireextrudeddescribedhereinshallconsistofthisdocumentandthelatestissueofAMS-QQ-A-200.AEROSPACEMATERIALSPECIFICATIONAMS-QQ-A-200/8IssuedJUL1997ReaffirmedAPR2007AMS-QQ-A-200/8SAEAMS-QQ-A-200/8-2-1.SCOPEANDCLASSIFICATION:1.1Scope:Thisspecificationcoversthespecificrequirementsforaluminumalloy6061bar,rod,shapes,tube,andwireproducedbyextrusion.1.2Classification:1.2.1Tempers:Bar,rod,shapes,tube,andwireareclassifiedinthefollowingtempersasspecified(See6.2):O,T1,T4,T42,T4510,T4511,T51,T6,T62,T6510,orT6511.DefinitionsoftempersarespecifiedinAMS-QQ-A-200.1.2.2Tubing:Tubingshallbeadditionallyclassifiedasfollows:2.APPLICABLEDOCUMENTS:SeeAMS-QQ-A-200.TypeDescriptionI-Tubingextrudedfromhollowbilletsusingdieandmandrel(SeeAMS-QQ-A-200).II-Tubingextrudedfromsolidbilletsusingaportholeorspiderdieorsimilartooling(SeeAMS-QQ-A-200).AMS-QQ-A-200/8SAEAMS-QQ-A-200/8-3-3.REQUIREMENTS:3.1ChemicalComposition:ThechemicalcompositionshallconformtotherequirementsspecifiedinTableI.TABLEI.ChemicalComposition1/ElementPercentMinimumMaximumMagnesium0.81.2Silicon0.400.8Copper0.150.40Iron--0.7Chromium0.040.35Zinc--0.25Titanium--0.15Manganese--0.15OtherElements,each--0.05OtherElements,total2/--0.15AluminumRemainder1/AnalysisshallroutinelybemadeonlyfortheelementsspecificallymentionedinTableI.If,however,thepresenceofotherelementsisindicatedorsuspectedinamountsgreaterthanthespecifiedlimits,furtheranalysisshallbemadetodeterminethattheseelementsarenotpresentinexcessofthelimitsspecified.2/ThesumofthoseOthersmetallicelements0.010percentormoreeach,expressedtotheseconddecimalbeforedeterminingthesum.AMS-QQ-A-200/8SAEAMS-QQ-A-200/8-4-3.2MechanicalProperties:3.2.1MechanicalPropertiesofMaterialasSupplied:ThemechanicalpropertiesinthedirectionofextrusionshallconformtorequirementsspecifiedinTableII.3.2.2MechanicalPropertiesAfterHeatTreatment:Inadditiontoconformingtorequirementsof3.2.1,materialsidentifiedinthefollowingparagraphsshall,afterhavingbeenheat-treatedtoothertempersalsoidentifiedtherein,havepropertiesintheextrusiondirectionconformingtothosespecifiedinTableII,asapplicable.3.2.2.1MaterialintheOTemper:MaterialintheOtemper,withoutthesubsequentimpositionofcoldworkorformingoperations,shall,afterpropersolutionheattreatmentandnaturalaging,developthepropertiesspecifiedinTableIIfortheT42temper.3.2.2.2MaterialintheT1,T4,T42,T4510andT4511Tempers:MaterialintheT1,T4,T42,T4510,andT4511tempersshallbeage-hardenableartificiallytothepropertiesspecifiedforT51,T6,T62,T6510,andT6511tempers,respectively.Suchcapabilityshallbedemonstratedwhenspecified(See6.2).TABLEII.MechanicalPropertiesTemperThickness,(barandshapes);di-ameter,(rodandwire);wallthickness(tube)InchesTensileStrengthMinimumksiYieldStrengthat0.2percentOffsetoratextensionindicatedElongationin2inchesor4timesD1/,4/MinimumpercentMinimumksiExtensionunderloadinchperinchOAll2/2/0.003616T1Upthru0.62526.014.00.003416T4,T4510,All26.016.00.003616andT4511T423/All26.012.00.003216T51Upthru0.62535.030.00.00508T6,T623/,Upthru0.24938.035.00.00558T6510and0.250andover38.035.00.005510T65111/Drepresentsspecimendiameter.2/Nominimum;maximumtensileandyieldstrengthsare22.0ksiand16.0ksi,respectively.3/MaterialintheT42orT62temperisnotavailablefrommaterialproducers.4/SeeAMS-QQ-A-200forelongationrequirementexceptions.AMS-QQ-A-200/8SAEAMS-QQ-A-200/8-5-3.3HeatTreatment:Unles