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General Temper Conversions for 7075 Material

7075 Material (right) "0" "01" T6 T651 T6511 T73 T7351 T73511 T76 T7651 T76511
Starting Mill Temper (below)  
"0"   no yes** no no yes** no no yes** no no
T6 yes no   no no yes no no yes no no
T651 yes no yes**   no yes** yes no yes** yes no
T6511 yes no yes** no   yes** no yes yes** no yes
T73 yes no yes** no no   no no yes** no no
T7351 yes no yes** no no yes**   no yes** no no
T73511 yes no yes** no no yes** no   yes** no no
T76 yes no yes** no no yes** no no   no no
T7651 yes no yes** no no yes** no no yes**   no
T76511 yes no yes** no no yes** no no yes** no  
** - Can be achieved by resolution and/or resolution and artificial age. This process can cause distortion depending on material thickness and configuration.

General Temper Conversions for 2024 Material

2024 Material (right) "0" T3 T351 T3511 T4 T42 T6 T62 T81 T851 T8511
Starting Mill Temper (below)  
"0"   no no no yes** yes** yes** yes** no no no
T3 yes   no no yes** yes** yes** yes** yes no no
T351 yes no   no yes** yes** yes** yes** no yes no
T3511 yes no no   yes** yes** yes** yes** no no yes
T4 yes no no no   yes** yes yes** no no no
T42 yes no no no yes**   yes** yes no no no
T6 yes no no no yes** yes**   yes** no no no
T62 yes no no no yes** yes** yes**   no no no
T81 yes no no no yes** yes** yes** yes**   no no
T851 yes no no no yes** yes** yes** yes** no   no
T8511 yes no no no yes** yes** yes** yes** no no  
** - Can be achieved by resolution and/or resolution and artificial age. This process can cause distortion depending on material thickness and configuration.

General Temper Conversions for 6061 Material

6061 Material (right) "0" T4 T42 T6 T62
Starting Mill Temper (below)  
"0"   yes** yes** yes** yes**
T4 yes   yes** yes yes**
T42 yes yes**   yes** yes
T6 yes yes** yes**   yes**
T62 yes yes** yes** yes**  
** - Can be achieved by resolution and/or resolution and artificial age.
This process can cause distortion depending on material thickness and configuration.

Hardness Conversion ChartNOTE: The conversion values are approximate values only. They have been independently developed and appear to be consistent with ASTM E-140 and A-370.

C-Scale A-Scale 15-N Scale KSI/
PSI
  C-Scale A-Scale 15-N Scale KSI/
PSI
  C-Scale A-Scale 15-N Scale KSI/
PSI
  C-Scale A-Scale 15-N Scale KSI/
PSI
80 92 96.5 NA   65 83.9 92.2 NA   50 75.9 85.5 255   35 67.9 77.7 156
79 91.5 96.3 NA 64 83.4 91.8 NA 49 75.2 85 246 34 67.4 77.2 152
78 91 96 NA 63 82.8 91.4 NA 48 74.7 84.5 238 33 66.8 76.6 149
77 90.5 95.8 NA 62 82.3 91.1 NA 47 74.1 83.9 229 32 66.3 76.1 146
76 90 95.5 NA 61 81.8 90.7 NA 46 73.6 83.5 221 31 65.8 75.6 141
75 89.5 95.3 NA 60 81.2 90.2 NA 45 73.1 83 215 30 65.3 75 138
74 89 95 NA 59 80.7 89.8 351 44 72.5 82.5 208 29 64.6 74.5 135
73 88.5 94.8 NA 58 80.1 89.3 338 43 72 82 201 28 64.3 73.9 131
72 88 94.5 NA 57 79.6 88.9 325 42 71.5 81.5 194 27 63.8 73.3 128
71 87 94.3 NA 56 79 88.3 313 41 70.9 80.9 188 26 63.3 72.8 125
70 86.5 94 NA 55 78.5 87.9 301 40 70.4 80.4 182 25 62.8 72.2 123
69 86 93.5 NA 54 78 87.4 292 39 69.9 79.9 177 24 62.4 71.6 119
68 85.6 93.2 NA 53 77.4 86.9 283 38 69.4 79.4 171 23 62 71 117
67 85 92.9 NA 52 76.8 86.4 273 37 68.9 78.8 166 22 61.5 70.5 115
66 84.5 92.5 NA 51 76.3 85.9 264 36 68.4 78.3 161 21 61 69.9 112
      20 60.5 69.4 110