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The London Metal Exchange is the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market. The LME offers futures and options contracts for aluminum, copper, tin, nickel, zinc, lead, aluminum alloy and NASAAC, steel billet, cobalt and molybdenum. Established for over 130 years and located in the heart of The City of London
Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, and a premier source of benchmark price assessments for those commodity markets. Since 1909, Platts has provided information and insights that help customers make sound trading and business decisions and enable the markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency.
The Aluminum Association, based in Arlington, Virginia, works globally to aggressively promote aluminum as the most sustainable and recyclable automotive, packaging and construction material in today’s market. The Association represents U.S. and foreign-based primary producers of aluminum, aluminum recyclers and producers of fabricated products, as well as industry suppliers.
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) is an international association dedicated to helping manufacturers, engineers, architects, and others to discover why aluminum extrusion is the preferred material process for better products.
ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.
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How to calculate estimated Weight / Ft
Do you need to calculate your orders estimated weight? Not a problem, use this simple formula to learn how.
Area of cross section of shape
Density as (lbs./cu. in.) of Alloy X 12″/ft
The density of 6061 Alloy is (.098 lbs/cu. in.)
The area of a shape’s cross section is (1.5)
Calculation: (1.5) X (.098 X 12) = 1.764 lbs/ft
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