Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys

 

ASM Speciality Handbook

/ ed. J.R. Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys

  • General Introduction
  • Aluminum Production
    • Aluminum Alloys
      • Heat-Treatable and Non- Heat-Treatable Alloys
    • Properties
    • Manufactured Forms
      • Standartized Products
      • Engineered Products
      • Fabrication Characteristics
    • Finishes
      • Mechanical Finishes
      • Chemical Finishes
      • Electrolitic Finishes
      • Non-Electrolitic Coatings
    • Product Classifications
      • Building and Construction Applications
      • Containers and packings
      • Transportation
      • Electrical Applications
      • Consumer Durables
      • Machinery and Equipment
      • Other Applications
  • Alloy and Temper Designation Systems
    • Wrought Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Designation System
    • Cast Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Designation System
    • Designation for Experimental Alloys
    • Cross-Referencing of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Products
    • Temper Designation System for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
      • Basic Temper Designtions
      • System for Strain-Hardened Products
      • System for Heat-Treatable Alloys
      • System for Annealed Products
      • Designation of Unregistered Tempers
      • Foreign Temper Designations
  • Physical Metallurgy
    • Phases in Aluminum Alloys
    • Strengthening Mechanisms
    • Non-Heat-Treatable Alloys
    • Heat-Treatable Alloys
    • Effect of Metallurgical Factors on Processing
    • Effect of Metallurgical Factors on Properties
    • General Effects of Alloying
    • Specific Alloying Elements and Impurities
  • Recycling Technology
    • Recyclability of Aluminum
    • The Recycling Loop
    • Recycling Trends
    • Technological Aspects of Aluminum Recycling
    • Can Recycling Technology
    • Process Developments
    • Automobile Scrap recycling Technology

Selection and Applications of Aluminum Alloys

  • Wrought Products
    • General Characteristics of Wrought Alloys
    • Types of Wrought Products
    • Design of Shapes
    • Applications of Wrought Alloys
    • Properties of Wrought Aluminum Alloys
  • Foundry Products
    • Alloy Designations
    • Effects of Alloying
    • Alloy Systems
    • Selection Of Casting Alloys
    • Structure Control
    • Casting Processes
    • Temper Designations and Practices
    • Principle Of Heat Treatment
    • Heat Treating Problems
    • Stability
    • Natural versus Artificial Property Development
    • Hot Isostatic Pressing
    • Cleaning and Finishing
    • Welding
    • Machining
    • Properties of Aluminum Casting Alloys
    • Physical Properties
    • Hot Cracking
    • Mechanical Properties
    • Corrosion
  • Aluminum-Lithium Alloys
    • Physical Metallurgy
    • Alloy Development
    • Current AI-LI-X Alloys and Their Applications
    • Manufacturing
    • Commercial Aluminum-Lithium Alloys
      • Weldalite 049
      • Alloy 2090
      • Alloy 2091
      • Alloy 8090
  • Powder Metallurgy Alloys

    • Pressed and Sintered Aluminum P/M Alloys
    • Aluminum P/M Part Processing
    • Properties of Sintered Parts
    • Applications for Sintered Parts
    • High-Strength P/M Aluminum Alloys
      • Advantages of Aluminum P/M Technology
      • High-Strength Aluminum P/M Processing
    • Powder Production
      • Mechanical Attrition Process
      • Powder Degassing and Consolidation
    • High Room-Temperature StrengthAlloys
      with Improved Corrosion Resistance and SCC Resistance
    • P/M Alloys with Improved Elevated-Temperature Properties
    • High-Modulus and/or Low-Density Alloys
    • New Directions in Aluminum P/M Research
  • Aluminum-Matrix Composites
    • Reinforcements
    • MMC Designation System
    • Discontinuous AI-MMCs
      • Stir Casting
      • Squeeze Casting
      • Rheocasting
      • liquid-Metal Infiltration
      • Spray Deposition
      • Powder Metallurgy
      • Extrusion
    • Continuous Aluminum MMCs
    • Corrosion Behavior
    • Tribological Behavior
  • Aluminum Coatings
    • Applications
    • Continuous Hot-Dip Coating of Mill products
    • Aluminum-Zinc Coatings
      • Microstructure
      • Coating Process
      • Corrosion Resistance
      • Aluminum-Zinc-Coated Sheet
    • Batch Hot-Dip Coating of Parts
    • Coating of High-Production Parts
    • Pack Diffusion Processes
    • Slurry Processes
    • Thermal Spraying
      • Coating Selection
      • Typical Process Parameters
    • Cladding by Rolling
    • Vacuum Deposition
    • Ion Vapor Deposition
    • Electroplating

Fabrication and Finishing Aluminium Alloys

  • Molten Aluminum Processing and Casting
  • Forming
  • Forging
  • Extrusion
  • Powder Metallurgy Processing
  • Heat Treating
  • Machining
  • Welding
  • Brazing and Soldering
  • Adhesive Bonding
  • Cleaning, Finishing, and Coating

Metallography, Microstructures, and Phase Diagrams

  • Metallographic Practices
  • Microstructures of Aluminum Alloys
  • Solidification Structures of Aluminum Alloys Ingots
  • Solidification Structures of Aluminum-Silicon Alloy Castings
  • Phase Diagrams

Properties of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys

  • Corrosion Behavior
  • Tribological Behavior
  • Properties of Pure Aluminium
  • Properties of Wrought Aluminum Alloys
  • Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys

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