Aluminium alloy Tempers

Aluminium Alloy Tempers

Aluminium Alloy HEAT TREATMENT SYMBOLS:

O Very soft (fully annealed) H14 ½ hard
T Heat-treated (hardening of aging applied) H16 ¾ hard
H Strain-hardened (heat treated materials can not see) H18 Full hard
T1 Directly shaped and natural aging H19 Extra hardness
T2 Annealed H2 Cold deformation + annealing
T3 The solution taken, and cold-treated H21 1/8 hard
T4 Solution taken, and naturally aged H22 ¼ hard
T5 Directly shaped and artificial aging H24 ½ hard
T6 Solution taken, and artificially aged H26 ¾ hard
T7 Whether the solution, stabilized H28 Full hard
T8 The solution taken, and cold-deformed and artificially aged H29 Extra hardness
T9 The solution taken, and artificially aged and cold-deformed H3 Cold deformation + stabilized
T10 Shaped, artificially aged and cold-deformed H32 ¼ hard and stable, although
T42 T4 and T6 mechanical properties after thermal fatigue or corrosion H34 ½ hard and stable, although
T62 resistance in case of change of the thermal process. H36 ¾ hard and stable, although
T351 Before aging relaxing additional voltage controlled by stretching. H38 Fully rigid and stable even though
T651 Before aging relaxing additional voltage controlled by stretching. H39 If extra hard and stable
T851 Before aging relaxing additional voltage controlled by stretching. H4 Cold deformation + cooking
H1 Only cold deformation H42 ¼ hardness
H11 1/8 hard H44 ½ strength
H111 Low-level strain-hardened H46 ¾ hardness
H112 Uncontrolled strain hardened H48 Full hard
H12 ¼ hard H49 Extra hardness