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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