Light Metal Aluminium
Light metal Aluminium. It used in many industrial applications. Learn how to use and produce this valuable metal.
From Metallurgy of the Light Metals By Ian Polmear, David StJohn, Jian-Feng Nie, Ma Qian
SELECTED CONTENTS
1 The Light Metals
General Introduction
- Characteristics of light metals and alloys
- Beryllium
- Relative abundance
- Trends in production and applications
- Recycling
Aluminium
- Light metal aluminium
- Bayer process for alumina recovery
- Production of aluminium by the Hall–Héroult process
- Alternative methods for producing aluminium
Magnesium
- Electrolytic extraction of magnesium
- Thermic processes
Titanium
2 Physical Metallurgy of Aluminium Alloys
Work Hardening and Annealing
- Work-hardening characteristics
- Substructure hardening
- Forming limit curves
- Textures
- Secondary work-hardening effects
- Annealing Behavior
Principles of Age Hardening
- Decomposition of supersaturated solid solutions
- The GP zones solvus
- Precipitate-free zones at grain boundaries
- Microalloying effects
- Hardening mechanisms
Ageing Processes
- 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
Mechanical Behaviour
- Tensile properties
- Toughness
- Fatigue
- Stress–corrosion cracking
- Corrosion fatigue
- Creep
3 Casting of Light Alloys
Introduction
Solidification of Light Alloys
- Grain formation
- 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
Castability
- 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
New Casting Processes
- T-Mag
- Ablation casting
- Application of external fields
- Melt conditioning
- Ultrasound and magnetic fields
- Twin-roll casting of magnesium
- Joining
4 Wrought Aluminium Alloys
Production of Wrought Alloys
- Melting and casting
- Continuous casting with moving molds
- Homogenization of DC ingots
- Fabrication of DC ingots
- Thermal treatment
- Solution treatment
- Quenching
- Ageing
- Thermomechanical processing
Designation of Alloys and Tempers
- 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
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 Cast Aluminium Alloys
Designation, Temper, and Characteristics of Cast Aluminium Alloys
- US Aluminium Association System
- British system
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Silicon System
- Modification
- Binary Al–Si alloys
- Al–Si–Mg alloys
- Al–Si–Cu alloys
Alloys Based on the Aluminium–Copper System
Aluminium–Magnesium Alloys
Aluminium–Zink–Magnesium Alloys
6 Magnesium Alloys
Introduction to Alloying Behavior
Alloy Designations and Tempers
Zirconium-Free Casting Alloys
Zirconium-Containing Casting Alloys
Wrought Magnesium Alloys
Electrochemical Aspects
Fabrication of Components
Trends in Applications
7 Titanium Alloys
Introduction
- Classification of titanium alloys
- Basic principles of heat treatment
α-Alloys
- General
- Fully-α alloys
- Near-α alloys
- Ti–Cu age-hardening alloy
α-β Alloys
- Introduction to Ti-6Al-4V and other common α-β alloys
- Annealing treatments
- Properties of annealed α–β alloys
- Quenching from β phase field
- Ageing of titanium martensites
- Decomposition of metastable β during ageing
- Solution treated and aged (STA) α–β alloys
β-Alloys
- Basic physical metallurgy
- β-Titanium aerospace alloys
- Specialty alloys
Fabrication
- Hot working
- Superplastic forming
- Cold working
- Texture effects
- Machining
- Surface treatments
- Joining
- Powder metallurgy processes
Titanium Alloy Casting
Engineering Performance
- Tensile and creep properties
- Fatigue properties
- Fracture toughness
- Corrosion
- Stress–corrosion cracking
- Corrosion fatigue
Applications of Titanium Alloys
- Aerospace
- General applications
- Chemical and pharmaceutical equipment
- Power generation
- Automotive
- Marine
- Military hardware
- Architectural
- Sports
- Dental and medical prostheses
8 Novel Materials and Processing Methods
Composites
- Laminated composites
- Sandwich panels
- Metal–matrix composites
- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- Titanium alloys
Metallic Foams
Rapid Solidification Processing
- Aluminium alloys
- Magnesium alloys
- Titanium alloys
Quasicrystals
Amorphous Alloys
Mechanical Alloying
Physical Vapor Deposition
Nanophase Alloys
Titanium Aluminides
Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing
