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Introduction: Aluminium, The Strategic Material |
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Chapter 1 New Research Techniques in Aluminium Alloy Development |
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1.2 Transmission Electron Microscopy |
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1.2.1 Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
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1.2.2 In Situ TEM Corrosion Studies |
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1.3 Atom Probe Tomography |
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1.3.1 Atom-by-Atom Analysis of the Solid Solution Phase |
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1.3.2 Atom Probe Crystallography |
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1.3.3 Corrosion Investigation |
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1.4 Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering |
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1.4.2 In Situ Heating/Cooling Studies |
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1.4.3 In Situ Deformation Studies |
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26 | (3) |
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1.5 Combinatorial and Correlative Characterization Approaches |
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1.5.1 Various Combinations of Techniques vs Combinatorial Investigations |
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1.5.2 Direct Correlative vs Complementary |
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Chapter 2 Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium-Based Alloys and Composites |
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2.2 Additive Manufacturing Processes for Aluminium Alloys |
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2.2.1 Selective Laser Melting |
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2.2.2 Directed Energy Deposition Processes |
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2.3 Aluminium Alloys for Additive Manufacturing |
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58 | (20) |
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2.3.1 Aluminium-Silicon Alloys |
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58 | (12) |
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70 | (3) |
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2.3.4 Other Al-Based Alloy Systems |
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2.3.5 Alloy Design for AM |
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2.4 Aluminium-Matrix Composites by AM |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (12) |
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Chapter 3 How to Design and Buy Aluminium Castings |
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93 | (2) |
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3.2 Elements of Good Casting Design |
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3.3 Equal and Unequal Sections |
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97 | (1) |
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3.5 Gates, Risers, and Rigging |
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3.6 The Relationship Between Casting Method, Number of Parts, and Achievable Tolerances |
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3.7 Specification of Safety Factors |
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3.8 Factors of Safety in Critical Applications |
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3.9 Factors of Safety and Materials With Uncertainties |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (4) |
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3.11 Specification of NDT |
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3.12 Rework and In-Process Welding |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Aluminium Investment Casting and Rapid Prototyping for Aerospace Applications |
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123 | (36) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (9) |
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4.3 Rapid Prototyping for Investment Casting |
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133 | (3) |
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4.4 The Production of High-Integrity Investment Castings |
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136 | (6) |
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4.5 Towards a Fundamental Understanding of the Requirements of Casting Factor 1.0 and a Quality Model for Premium Aluminium Investment Castings |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (5) |
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4.7 Comparison to Production Components and Test Bars |
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148 | (2) |
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4.8 Determination and Verification of Casting Factor 1.0 for a Premium Investment Casting Process Using A356-T6 Alloy |
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150 | (6) |
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4.9 Summary and Conclusions |
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156 | (3) |
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156 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Advances in the Sand Casting of Aluminium Alloys |
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159 | (14) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
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5.2.1 Green Sand Moulding |
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160 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Chemically Bonded Sand Moulding |
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161 | (1) |
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5.2.4 Inorganic Binder Systems |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (3) |
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5.4 Alternative Casting Methods |
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166 | (2) |
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5.5 Printed Sand Moulds and Cores for Casting |
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168 | (5) |
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171 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 New Hypoeutectic/Hypereutectic Die-Casting Alloys and New Permanent Mould Casting Alloys That Rely on Strontium for Their Die Soldering Resistance |
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6.2 The Elements That Provides Die Soldering Resistance at the Lowest Volume Fraction Means Lower Mn and Higher Fe Can Be Used in Structural Aluminium Die-Casting Alloys |
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174 | (3) |
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6.2.1 Die Soldering and Intermetallics |
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174 | (3) |
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6.3 Strontium, Its Thermodynamics in Aluminium Melts and Its Measured Benefits in Providing Die Soldering Resistance as Strontium Aluminate at 500 ppm |
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177 | (4) |
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6.4 Using Strontium in Permanent Mould Alloys to Create the Low-Pressure PM Casting Process Without a Die Coating and 16 New PM Casting Alloys |
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181 | (9) |
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6.4.1 Strontium, Manganese and Iron Have a Synergistic Role in Eliminating Die Soldering |
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181 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Conversion of Conventional Permanent Mould Alloys to Alloys Displaying Die Soldering Resistance |
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182 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Measures of Mechanical Properties to Distinguish Between Castings Made With or Without a Coating |
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183 | (7) |
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6.5 Using Strontium to Create Unique Microstructures for Die Cast Hypereutectic Al-Si-(Cu)-Mg Alloys Having Elongations Over 2% |
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6.5.1 Conventional Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloys, Their History, and Microstructure |
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190 | (4) |
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6.5.2 Using the Al-Si Phase Diagram to Understand the Unique Undercooled Microstructure |
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194 | (1) |
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6.5.3 Mechanical Properties of Alloys With Unique Microstructures |
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195 | (1) |
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6.6 Structural Aluminium Die-Casting Alloys With the Same Numeric Designations as Existing Registered PM and Die-Casting Aluminium Association Alloys |
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196 | (172) |
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6.6.1 Examples of New HPDC Alloys That Will Allow the Die Caster to Compete for PM Applications |
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196 | (2) |
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6.6.2 What Constitutes a Modification to an Existing Registered Aluminium Association Alloy and Still Preserves the Original Designation of That Alloy? |
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198 | (6) |
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6.7 Analysing Effects of Iron on T5 Mechanical Properties for B360, 367, 362, F380, and 368 Using Quality Index |
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204 | (1) |
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206 | (3) |
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6.7.3 Comparison to T6 Treated Alloy |
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209 | (1) |
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6.7.4 Discussion of Compositional Differences With Alloys 367, B360, 362, F380, and 368 |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (5) |
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213 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Thermal Conductivity of Aluminium High-Pressure Die Castings |
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217 | (32) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (4) |
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7.4 Thermal Conductivity of Metals and Alloys |
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224 | (6) |
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7.5 Values of Thermal Conductivity for Aluminium Castings |
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230 | (3) |
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7.6 The Role of Alloy Composition and Heat Treatment on Thermal Conductivity of Die Castings |
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233 | (1) |
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244 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Advanced Casting Technologies Using High Shear Melt Conditioning |
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249 | (30) |
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249 | (4) |
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8.1.1 Dispersion of Oxide Particles in Aluminium Melts by HSMC |
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250 | (2) |
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8.1.2 Grain Refinement by Oxides Dispersed by HSMC |
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252 | (1) |
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8.2 High Shear Melt Conditioned Direct-Chill Casting of Al Alloys |
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253 | (3) |
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8.3 Reduction of Macrosegregation and Microporosity |
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256 | (6) |
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8.3.1 Refinement and Uniform Distribution of Second Phases |
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256 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Improved Castability and Recyclability |
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257 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Sump Profile and Thermal Gradient |
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258 | (2) |
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8.3.4 Solidification Mechanism During DC and MC-DC Casting |
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260 | (2) |
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8.4 Efficient Degassing of Aluminium Alloy Melts by High Shear Melt Conditioning Technology |
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262 | (3) |
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8.4.1 High Shear Degassing |
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264 | (1) |
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8.5 Physical Modelling of the High Shear Process |
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265 | (4) |
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8.6 Deironing of Aluminium Scrap by High Shearing Processing |
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269 | (5) |
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8.6.1 Sedimentation After High Shear Processing |
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272 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Sedimentation in Continuous Casting Processing |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 Treatment by External Fields |
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279 | (54) |
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279 | (1) |
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9.2 Electromagnetic Stirring |
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280 | (4) |
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284 | (11) |
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9.3.1 Electromagnetic Vibration |
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284 | (5) |
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9.3.2 Ultrasonic Treatment |
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289 | (6) |
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9.4 Pulsed Power Techniques |
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295 | (21) |
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9.4.1 Electric Current Pulses |
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296 | (7) |
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9.4.2 Pulsed Magnetic Field |
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303 | (13) |
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9.5 Grain Refinement Mechanisms |
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316 | (11) |
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9.5.1 Specific Effects of the External Fields and Grain Refinement Mechanism |
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316 | (5) |
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9.5.2 Grain Refinement Theory |
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321 | (6) |
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9.6 Conclusions and Future Developments |
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327 | (6) |
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328 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Automotive Wrought Aluminium Alloys |
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10.1 Automotive Lightweighting and Wrought Aluminium |
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333 | (5) |
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10.1.1 Automotive Lightweighting |
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333 | (2) |
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10.1.2 The Case for Aluminium |
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335 | (3) |
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10.2 Common Processing Methods |
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338 | (6) |
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10.2.1 Elements of Bulk Deformation Processing for Automotive Applications |
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338 | (3) |
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10.2.2 Bulk Deformation Processes |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (1) |
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10.3 General Metallurgy and Strengthening Mechanisms in Automotive Wrought Al |
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344 | (4) |
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10.3.1 Solid Solution (Point) Strengthening |
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345 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Precipitation Strengthening |
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346 | (2) |
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10.4 Heat-Treatable Alloys |
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348 | (16) |
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10.4.1 6xxx Series Al-Mg-Si-(Cu) |
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348 | (13) |
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361 | (3) |
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10.5 Nonheat-Treatable Alloys |
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364 | (6) |
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10.5.1 5xxx Series Al-Mg-(Mn) Alloys |
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364 | (6) |
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10.6 Application of Aluminium Alloys in Automotive Design and Manufacture |
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370 | (5) |
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10.6.1 Overview of Current Automotive Applications |
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370 | (1) |
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10.6.3 Sheet Metal Forming |
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372 | (2) |
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10.6.4 Hydro-Forming and Stretch Bending |
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374 | (1) |
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10.7 Future Automotive Wrought Al Potential |
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375 | (12) |
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376 | (11) |
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Chapter 11 Aluminium Lithium Alloys |
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387 | (52) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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11.3 Third Generation Al---Li Alloys |
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389 | (7) |
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11.3.1 Characteristic Properties |
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389 | (4) |
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393 | (3) |
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11.4 Physical Metallurgy of Al-Cu-Li Alloys |
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396 | (16) |
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397 | (9) |
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11.4.2 The Effect of Minor Alloying Elements |
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406 | (3) |
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11.4.3 Texture Development and Texture Anisotropy in Al---Li Alloys: The Case of Extrusion |
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409 | (3) |
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412 | (9) |
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412 | (1) |
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11.5.2 Hot Forming Processes |
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413 | (2) |
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11.5.3 Cold Work Operations |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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11.5.5 Friction Stir Welding |
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417 | (1) |
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11.5.6 Nonequilibrium Processes |
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418 | (3) |
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11.6 Strengthening Mechanisms |
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421 | (3) |
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11.6.2 Solid Solution Hardening |
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421 | (1) |
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11.6.3 Precipitation Hardening: The Case of the T1 Phase |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (15) |
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425 | (13) |
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Chapter 12 Aluminium Scandium Alloys |
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439 | (56) |
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439 | (1) |
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12.2 Scandium---State of the Art |
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440 | (2) |
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12.3 Sc Containing Al Alloys |
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442 | (27) |
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12.3.1 The Binary Al-Sc System (1xxx Series) |
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444 | (5) |
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12.3.2 The Ternary Al-Sc-Zr System |
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449 | (3) |
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12.3.3 Al-Cu-(Mg)-(Mn)-Sc-(Zr) (2xxx Series) |
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452 | (4) |
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12.3.4 Al-Mn-Sc I3xxx Series) |
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456 | (3) |
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12.3.5 Al-Si-Sc-(Mg) (4xxx/6xxx Series) |
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459 | (2) |
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12.3.6 Al-Mg-Sc-(Zr) (5xxx Series) |
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461 | (3) |
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12.3.7 Al-Zn-Mg-Sc-(Cu)-(Zr) (7xxx Series) |
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464 | (2) |
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12.3.8 Al-Li-Sc-ICu)-(Zr) (8xxx Series) |
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466 | (1) |
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12.3.9 Possible Substitutes for Sc in Al3Sc |
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467 | (2) |
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12.4 The Antirecrystallization Effect of Scandium |
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469 | (2) |
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12.5 Effect of Scandium on the Corrosion Performance |
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471 | (1) |
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12.6 The Superplasticity Effect of Scandium |
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472 | (1) |
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12.7 Applications of Al-Sc Alloys |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (20) |
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Chapter 13 Control of Distortion in Aluminium Heat Treatment |
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495 | (30) |
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495 | (1) |
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13.2 Distortion and Its Effects in Aluminium Alloys |
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496 | (1) |
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13.3 Distortion Mechanisms |
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496 | (4) |
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497 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Development of Residual Stress |
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498 | (2) |
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13.3.3 Types of Residual Stress |
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500 | (1) |
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13.4 Control of Distortion by Modification of Alloy Composition |
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500 | (4) |
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13.5 Distortion During Solution Heat Treatment |
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504 | (1) |
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13.6 Distortion During Quenching of Aluminium Components |
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505 | (6) |
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13.6.1 Common Quenching Techniques |
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505 | (1) |
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13.6.2 Effects of Surface Condition |
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506 | (1) |
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13.6.3 Impact of Quenchant and Quench Sensitivity |
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507 | (2) |
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13.6.4 Effects of Component Dimension |
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509 | (2) |
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13.6.5 Effects of Component Shape |
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511 | (1) |
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13.7 Distortion During Ageing Heat Treatment |
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511 | (1) |
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13.8 Control of Distortion by Stress Relaxation Through Mechanical Working |
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512 | (4) |
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13.8.1 Mechanical Stretching |
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512 | (2) |
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13.8.2 Mechanical Compression |
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514 | (2) |
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13.8.3 Vibratory Stress Relief Technique |
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516 | (1) |
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13.9 Control of Distortion by Stress Relaxation Through Thermal Treatment |
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516 | (3) |
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519 | (6) |
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Chapter 14 Recent Insights Into Corrosion Initiation at the Nanoscale |
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525 | (28) |
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525 | (1) |
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526 | (4) |
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14.4 Corrosion From the Micron-Scale to the Nanoscale |
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532 | (3) |
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535 | (3) |
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536 | (2) |
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538 | (1) |
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14.6 Corrosion in Corrosion Susceptible Nanostructures |
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538 | (4) |
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542 | (11) |
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