Metalsnon-ferrous

Aluminium

Weight critical applications. Roughly one third the weight of steel.

Stock forms — Round bar, hex bar, plate and tube⌀ dround barshex bartwplateODwall ttube
Aluminium — stock formsSymbols only — no stock sizes are published

Properties

Family
Metals
Category
non-ferrous
Density
2.7 g/cm³ · 2700 kg/m³

Densityhow aluminium compares

Density of Aluminium — 2.7 g/cm³Aluminium2.70Water1.00Aluminium2.700369g/cm³
2.7 g/cm³ — 2700 kg/m³Water 1.00 · Aluminium 2.70

Applicationswhere aluminium is normally specified

Aerospace structuresAutomotiveWeight-critical assembliesCladding

Practical notes

  • Galvanic corrosion risk against steel
  • Low permissible preload
  • This page covers the metal as a family — the named alloys 6061-T6 and 6063-T5 are listed separately

Tools used on itmatched on the metals family, not on this page

All tools
CountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverImpact WrenchJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderTap and Die SetTwist Drill Bits

Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Metals), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every metals page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.

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