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
- Aluminum Alloys
- 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
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- 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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