What is the meaning of A rod and B rod in aluminum?
In the realm of aluminum, A rod and B rod are distinct aluminum products.
A rod typically refers to pure aluminum rod, also known as pure aluminum. It is composed solely of pure aluminum without any additional alloying elements. A rod exhibits excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, robust corrosion resistance, and finds extensive applications in electronics, chemical industries, aviation, aerospace sectors among others.
On the other hand, B rod generally denotes an aluminum alloy rod or simply an aluminum alloy material. Unlike A rods which consist purely of aluminum, B rods are fabricated using a combination of various metal elements such as copper, zinc, manganese etc., added to the base metal -aluminum itself-. The incorporation of these alloying elements significantly enhances the strength, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance properties of the resulting product.
Consequently,B rods find wide-ranging utilization in construction projects as well as automotive manufacturing processes including marine applications,machinery production,and can be employed for fabricating diverse parts and structures.
MORE BLOG
3 full containers of primary zinc ingot 99.995 shipped to Alexandrai port, Egypt
Aluminum ingot is a silver-white metal that ranks third in the earth's crust after oxygen and silicon. With a relatively small density, it is only 34.61% and 30.33% of iron and copper, respectively, and is therefore also called light metal.
We are loading 2 full 20ft container of aluminum alloy 6063 billets in our yard , one container can load 25 tons , ship to our Ecuador client