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PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL SHAPES - CHANNELS

wa = weight per foot of aluminum sections, lb
ws = weight per foot of steel sections, lb
A = area, in^2
I = moment of inertia, in^4
k = radius of gyration, in
x = centroidal distance, in
Z = section modulus, in^3

a  b     t     A    wa    ws    I1-1   k1-1  Z1-1  I2-2 k2-2 Z2-2 x
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 3 1.410 0.170 1.21  1.46  4.1    1.66  1.17  1.10 0.20 0.40 0.20 0.44
 3 1.498 0.258 1.47  1.78  5.0    1.85  1.12  1.24 0.25 0.41 0.23 0.44
 3 1.596 0.356 1.76  2.13  6.0    2.07  1.08  1.38 0.31 0.42 0.27 0.46
 4 1.580 0.180 1.57  1.90  5.4    3.83  1.56  1.92 0.32 0.45 0.28 0.46
 4 1.720 0.320 2.13  2.58  7.25   4.58  1.47  2.29 0.43 0.45 0.34 0.46
 5 1.750 0.190 1.97  2.38  6.7    7.49  1.95  3.00 0.48 0.49 0.38 0.48
 5 1.885 0.325 2.64  3.20  9.0    8.90  1.83  3.56 0.63 0.49 0.45 0.48
 6 1.920 0.200 2.40  2.91  8.2   13.12  2.34  4.37 0.69 0.54 0.49 0.51
 6 2.034 0.314 3.09  3.73 10.5   15.18  2.22  5.06 0.87 0.53 0.56 0.50
 6 2.157 0.437 3.82  4.63 13.0   17.39  2.13  5.80 1.05 0.52 0.64 0.51
 7 2.090 0.210 2.87  3.47  9.8   21.27  2.72  6.08 0.97 0.58 0.63 0.54
 7 2.194 0.314 3.60  4.36 12.25  24.24  2.60  6.93 1.17 0.57 0.70 0.52
 7 2.299 0.419 4.33  5.24 14.75  27.24  2.51  7.78 1.38 0.56 0.78 0.53
 8 2.260 0.220 3.36  4.10 11.5   32.30  3.10  8.10 1.30 0.63 0.79 0.58
 8 2.343 0.303 4.04  4.89 13.75  36.11  2.99  9.03 1.53 0.61 0.85 0.55
 8 2.527 0.487 5.51  6.67 18.75  43.96  2.82 10.99 1.98 0.60 1.01 0.57
 9 2.430 0.230 3.91  4.74 13.4   47.68  3.49 10.60 1.75 0.67 0.96 0.60
 9 2.485 0.285 4.41  5.34 15.0   51.02  3.40 11.34 1.93 0.66 1.01 0.59
 9 2.648 0.448 5.88  7.11 20.0   60.92  3.22 13.54 2.42 0.64 1.17 0.58
10 2.600 0.240 4.49  5.43 15.3   67.37  3.87 13.47 2.28 0.71 1.16 0.63
10 2.739 0.379 5.88  7.11 20.0   78.95  3.66 15.79 2.81 0.69 1.32 0.61
10 2.886 0.526 7.35  8.89 25.0   91.20  3.52 18.24 3.36 0.68 1.48 0.62
10 3.033 0.673 8.82 10.67 30.0  103.45  3.43 20.69 3.95 0.67 1.66 0.65
12 3.047 0.387 7.35  8.89 25.0  144.37  4.43 24.06 4.47 0.78 1.89 0.67
12 3.170 0.510 8.82 10.67 30.0  162.08  4.29 27.01 5.14 0.76 2.06 0.67
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