[TowerTalk] 6061-T6511 Structural Tubing Weight

[Bill Aycock]

At 12:23 PM 9/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>The 24 foot length of 2" OD x 0.25" wall plus one cardboard shipping tube
>weighed in at 45 pounds for shipping. The carton is probably 4-5 pounds as 
>it is
>stout.
>
>Mark
>KI7WX
>_______________________________________________
>Since almost all Aluminum alloys have a specific weight of about 0.1 
>lbs/cu in,  45 lb seems very close. to check, the weight of a tube is:

wt. = Pi x Diameter x length x thickness x specific weight (all dimensions 
in inches)
or
3.1415926 x 1.75 x 24 x 12 x .25 x .1 = 39.58
  with the box weight, that's close to 45 pounds

Bill


Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama