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no one here has mentioned that when used in aircraft that it has a allclad coating about 30/1000ths thick of pure aluminum Alloy

Maybe nobody mentioned that because it isn't true. 6061 is not clad; Alclad aluminum is generally 2024. I will add some text about this because there is often confusion about it, and why one would use one or the other. Altaphon (talk) 19:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thats why american airlines planes can be polished so whell because 6061 naturally is more of a gray color

6061 can be polished too, just not to as shiny a surface. Altaphon (talk) 19:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

can induction hardening used for 6061 grade —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.95.19.160 (talk) 14:48, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The strength values for T-0 temper seem too high. Unless I am misinterpretting something, a zero temper has strength comparable to T4 or T6, despite later in teh article it states that it has lost 80% of its strength. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.198.78 (talk) 02:08, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, it might be nice to add a section that explains where the term "6061" comes from. What is its significance? 78.148.82.68 (talk) 15:34, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IADS - International Alloy Designation Series/System?
It's a list of magic numbers. The first two digits indicate a "family", i.e. for 60xx it's the magnesium / silicon family and the second two indicate a composition range, but you have to look it up from a table. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:16, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


"T6 temper 6061 has an ultimate tensile strength of at least 42,000 psi (300 MPa) and yield strength of at least 35,000 psi (241 MPa). More typical values are 45,000 psi (310 MPa) and 40,000 psi (275 MPa), respectively.[4] In thicknesses of 0.250 inch (6.35 mm) or less, it has elongation of 8% or more; in thicker sections, it has elongation of 10%." <<<Does this mean t6 at 0.250 inches can handles 241 MPa. Elongation is described but a hollow tube with an outer diameter of 6.35 mm and 16 swg, would that be able to withstand a 250 MPa hoop stress? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.82.173.56 (talk) 20:04, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

History

Please add the date of discovery, date of first application and when it came into mainstream use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.50.7 (talk • contribs)

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So this has been done to death but the article is full of "aluminum" when the title is "aluminium". Not very consistent. 121.45.222.200 (talk) 09:44, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed ehn (talk) 08:28, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wtshymanski, why did you rename the article and revert my edit that made the spelling consistent? The article title is now inconsistent with the many other aluminium alloy articles. ehn (talk) 13:52, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I put an edit commment "spelled as per specification" - the cited documents all spell it this way. --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:03, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Wtshymanski: Regardless: you should not have changed the spelling variant without obtaining a consensus here first. The spelling in a specification is irrelevant as the article has used the British English variant when the article was first written and that is the variant that should be retained (per WP:RETAIN). Now change it back. 81.154.179.214 (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's OK to fix old errors in Wikipedia. We've had fake scientist, imaginary ham radio band allocations, and many other errors that have persisted for years.These should be fixed when found. Thank you for your attention. --Wtshymanski (talk) 03:30, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not an error. The article was originally written in British English and you had no right whatsoever to change it. 81.154.179.214 (talk) 13:14, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's an error, as I explained. The American standards spell it "aluminum". Thank you for your continued interest in this topic. --Wtshymanski (talk) 03:08, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No it's not an error. Nobody gives a flying fuck how the standard spells it. The article was written in British English and it was spelt correctly for that variant. You are just one of these yanks who is determined to change every spelling into American. 81.154.179.214 (talk) 13:56, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your continued attention to this topic. Wikipedia uses the spelling appropriate to the national context of the article; U.S. subjects get U.S. spellings, for example. The standard that we so minutely discuss here, is promulgated by an American organization. It was an error to use a non-US spelling for this article. --Wtshymanski (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out that Wikipedia requires the IUPAC spelling ('aluminium' in this case) in articles discussing chemical makeup - and this article comprehensively qualifies. (per WP:ALUM) 81.154.179.214 (talk) 17:59, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Refimprove Uses section

The section Uses needs more citations:

  • 6061 is commonly used for the following: the bottom four usesare unreferenced
  • 6061-T6 is used for: Of the ten entries, only one use has a citation
  • Welding is unreferenced
  • Extrusions is unreferenced.

Adakiko (talk) 22:03, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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