Chemistry:7005 aluminium alloy

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7005 is an aluminium alloy used bicycle frames, due to its relative ease of welding it does not require expensive heat treating - it is however harder to form making manufacture more challenging. It has an Ultimate Tensile Strength of 350MPa, a Fatigue Strength of 150MPa and a density of 2.78g/cm³ [1] compared to a Ultimate Tensile Strength of 310MPa and Fatigue Strength of 96.5 MPa and a density of 2.70g/cm³ for 6061 aluminium alloy. [2]

It does not need to be precipitation hardened, unlike 6061, but can be cooled in air.[3]

Specific forms of AL 7005 include:

  • 7005-O
  • 7005-T5
  • 7005-T53
  • 7005-T6

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Chemical composition

The alloy composition of 7005 is:

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References