Aluminum Industry Standards

United States' aluminum industry standards, which are voluntary, have been developed and continue to evolve to meet the need for a communication system to facilitate aluminum commerce.

The structure for this communication system is defined by a group of six H35.x American National Standards, which include the authorization for The Aluminum Association to administer the registration of chemical composition limits and mechanical properties of cast and wrought aluminum alloys, with the accompanying assignment of alloy and temper designations.

The ANS H35 standards are developed under approval by the Accredited Standards Committee H35 - Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, which is an ANSI accredited standards committee. Aluminum Association (AA) standards are promulgated by the Technical Committee on Product Standards (TCPS).

In addition to registering alloy compositions and designations, the TCPS also registers alloy-temper product standards. Most industry product standards for aluminum mill products are published in Aluminum Standards and Data available in both customary and metric editions. Similarly, the Association publishes the Standards for Aluminum Sand and Permanent Mold Castings which provides engineering and metallurgical standards for casting alloys in metric and U.S. units of measurements.

Aluminum Association designations and product standards information are used throughout all facets of aluminum commerce, as well as in other organizations’ codes and standards. Aluminum alloy and temper designations, chemical composition limits and registered properties in North America, all originate from the above system of ANSI and AA standards. These standards are also the basis for several international agreements for the worldwide producer registration of wrought alloys, unalloyed aluminum, and aluminum hardeners (aluminum alloy materials and grain refiners).

For a list of standards and how to order standards publications please click on this Aluminum Association Bookstore link: 

Industry Standards in the Bookstore

The following International Registration Records are also available as free downloadable documents by clicking on the links below: Teal Sheets - International Alloy Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Wrought Aluminum and Wrought Aluminum Alloys; Gray Sheets - International Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Aluminum Hardeners; Gold Sheets - International Designations and Chemical Composition Limits for Unalloyed Aluminum.

Gray Sheets 2007 (Adobe PDF File)
Gold Sheets 2007 (Adobe PDF File)
Teal Sheets 2009 (Adobe PDF File)
Addendum to Teal Sheets (Adobe PDF File)
Addendum to Gray Sheets (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #9 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #8 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #7 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #6 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #5 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual 2005 Errata #2 (Adobe PDF File)
Aluminum Design Manual Errata Thru April 2007 (Microsoft Word Document)
Aluminum Standards and Data Errata Update 2006 Edition (Adobe PDF File)
ANSI Standards Errata Sheet 2006 Edition (Microsoft Word Document)
Aluminum Brazing Handbook - Table 3.1 Errata (Adobe PDF File)
New Temper Definitions for the Marine Market (Adobe PDF File)
GAG Terms and Definitions Ed 2009-01 (Adobe PDF File)