Light Alloys: Metallurgy of the Light Metals (2017) / Ian Polmear, David StJohn, Jian-Feng Nie, Ma Qian
BRIEF CONTENTS
1 The Light Metals
General Introduction
- Characteristics of light metals and alloys
- Beryllium
- Relative abundance
- Trends in production and applications
- Recycling
Production of Aluminium
- Bayer process for alumina recovery
- Production of aluminium by the Hall–Héroult process
- Alternative methods for producing aluminium
Production of Aluminium
- Electrolytic extraction of magnesium
- Thermic processes
Production of Aluminium
2 Production of Aluminium
Production of Aluminium
- Strain-hardening characteristics
- Substructure hardening
- Forming limit curves
- Textures
- Secondary work-hardening effects
- Annealing Behavior
Production of Aluminium
- Decomposition of supersaturated solid solutions
- The GP zones solvus
- Precipitate-free zones at grain boundaries
- Microalloying effects
- Hardening mechanisms
Production of Aluminium
- Precipitation sequences
- Clustering phenomena
- GPB zones in Al–Cu–Mg alloys
- Intermediate precipitates
- Secondary precipitation
Corrosion
- Surface oxide film
- Contact with dissimilar metals
- Influence of alloying elements and impurities
- Crevice corrosion
- Cavitation corrosion
- Waterline corrosion
- Metallurgical and thermal treatments
Production of Aluminium
- Tensile properties
- Toughness
- Fatigue
- Stress–corrosion cracking
- Corrosion fatigue
- Creep
3 Production of Aluminium
Introduction
Production of Aluminium
- Grain training
- Nucleation of the primary phase
- Grain growth and morphology
- Eutectic solidification
Grain Refinement
- Factors influencing grain refinement
- Grain refinement by refinement methods and inoculation with
master alloys- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
Production of Aluminium
- Fluidity
- Volumetric shrinkage
- Porosity
- Hot tearing
Casting Processes
- Introduction
- Melting
- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- High-pressure die casting
- Aluminium alloys
- Die soldering
- Heat treatment
- Magnesium alloys
- Semi-solid processing
- Squeeze casting
- Gravity and low-pressure casting processes
- Sand and precision sand casting processes
- Sand casting
- Cosworth process
- ILP Process
Production of Aluminium
- T-Mag
- Ablation casting
- Application of external fields
- Melt conditioning
- Ultrasound and magnetic fields
- Twin-roll casting of magnesium
- Joining
4 Production of Aluminium
Production of Aluminium
- Melting and casting
- Continuous casting with moving molds
- Homogenization of DC ingots
- Fabrication of DC ingots
- Thermal treatment
- Solution treatment
- Quenching
- Ageing
- Thermomechanical processing
Production of Aluminium
- Nomenclature of alloys
- Temper or heat treatment nomenclatures
Non-Heat-Treatable Alloys
- Super-purity and commercial-purity aluminium (1xxx series)
- Al–Mn and Al–Mn–Mg alloys (3xxx series)
- Al–Mg alloys (5xxx series)
- Miscellaneous alloys (8xxx series)
Heat-Treatable Alloys
- Al–Cu alloys (2xxx series)
- Al–Cu–Mg alloys (2xxx series)
- Al–Mg–Si alloys (6xxx series)
- Al–Zn–Mg alloys (7xxx series)
- Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys (7xxx series)
- Lithium-containing alloys
- Al – Cu – Li
- Al – Li – Cu – Mg
- Al – Li – Cu – Mg – Ag
- Al–Li–Mg
Joining
- Welding
- Arc welding
- Friction stir welding
- Laser welding
- Brazing
- Soldering
- Diffusion bonding
Special Products
- Aircraft alloys
- Automotive sheet and structural alloys
- Shipping
- Building and construction
- Packaging
- Canstock
- Foil
- Powder metallurgy products
- Conventional processing
- Spray forming
- Aluminium alloy bearing
- Superplastic alloys
- Electrical conductor alloys
- Electric storage batteries
- Aluminium-air batteries
- Aluminium-ion batteries
5 Special Products
Special Products, Temper, Special Products
- US Aluminium Association System
- British system
Special Products
- Modification
- Binary Al–Si alloys
- Al–Si–Mg alloys
- Al – Si – Cu alloys
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
6 Contents:
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Alloys based on the magnesium–aluminium system
- Magnesium–zinc based alloys
- Magnesium–RE–zinc alloys
- Mg–RE–Zn alloys
- Mg–Y–Zn alloys
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Magnesium–zinc–zirconium alloys
- Magnesium–RE–zirconium alloys
- Magnesium–RE–zinc–zirconium alloys
- Alloys based on the magnesium–silver system
- Alloys based on the magnesium–thorium system
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Introduction
- Sheet alloys
- Mg–Al based alloys
- Mg–Zn based alloys
- Mg–Mn based alloys
- Mg–Li based alloys
- Sheet texture
- Sheet anisotropy
- Sheet formability
- Extrusion alloys
- Mg–Al based alloys
- Mg–Zn based alloys
- Mg–Mn–RE based alloys
- Mg–RE based alloys
- Hydrostatic extrusion
- Forging alloys
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Corrosion and protection
- Cathodic protection
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Machining
- Joining
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
7 Titanium Alloys
Introduction
- Classification of titanium alloys
- Basic principles of heat treatment
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- General
- Fully-α alloys
- Near-α alloys
- Alloys heat treated in α+β phase field
- β-Heat treated alloys
- Ti–Cu age-hardening alloy
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- Introduction to Ti-6Al-4V and other common α-β alloys
- Annealing treatments
- β-Annealing
- Mill annealing
- Recrystallization annealing
- Duplex annealing
- Stabilization annealing
- Stress-relief annealing
- Properties of annealed α – β alloys
- Quenching from β phase field
- Ageing of titanium martensites
- Decomposition of metastable β during ageing
- The ω phase
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
Fabrication
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- Machining
- β Phase separation
- Joining
- Fusion welding
- Diffusion bonding
- Brazing
- β Phase separation
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Alloy Casting
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- Corrosion
- Stress–corrosion cracking
- Corrosion fatigue
Titanium Alloy Casting
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- Automotive
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
8 Titanium Alloy Casting
Composites
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- β Phase separation
- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- β Phase separation
Titanium Alloy Casting
Performance and Corrosion Forms of Aluminum and Its Alloys
- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- β Phase separation
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Alloy Casting
Titanium Aluminides
- Ti3Al(α .)2)
- TiAl(γ)
- TiAl
- Processing methods
- Applications of titanium aluminides
Titanium Alloy Casting
- Metal powder and wire for AM
- Scanning patterns and processing parameters
- Surface roughness and defects
- Microstructure and mechanical properties
