> by the way 6061 T6 is only about 70% the strength of 2024 T3 I know that, but got the impression that Don Lively didn't know that, and wondered why he'd make that comment. I would also mention that a mere reciting of the alloy percentages didn't do a thing for the question asked, which I'm sure was "the mechanical properties", not the exact chemical formula...
Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
