6063 T5 Aluminum bus bar and 6063 T6 Aluminum bus bar differ

6063 is a Al-Mg-Si alloy, and its representative state is T5 and T6. There is only one word difference. What is the difference between 6063 T5 Aluminum bus bar and 6063 T6 Aluminum bus bar？

Before explaining the difference between T5 and T6 states, users must first understand the following two noun explanations:

Aging: The process of eliminating internal stress in metals.

Quenching: The metal is heated to a certain temperature and suddenly cooled to meet the required hardness. 2, 6, 7 series aluminium sheet articles from: can be quenched to improve strength.

6063 T5 Aluminum bus bar refers to: aluminium bus bar is extruded from the extruder and cooled by air to rapidly reduce the temperature to meet the required hardness requirements (Wechsler 8-12 hardness). 6061 T6 Aluminum bus bar refers to the instantaneous cooling of aluminium sheet by water cooling after extrusion of aluminium sheet from extruder, which makes the aluminium sheet meet higher hardness requirements (Wechsler hardness 13.5 or more). Cold cooling takes a long time, usually 2-3 days, which we call natural aging, while water cooling takes a short time, which we call artificial aging. The main difference between 6063 T5 aluminium bus bar and 6063 T6 aluminium bus bar is strength. The strength of T6 state is higher than that of T5 state, and other properties are similar. In terms of price, the price of 6063 T6 aluminium bus bar is 500 yuan higher than that of 6063 T5 aluminium bus bar because of the difference of production process.