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Handbook of Aluminum: Volume 2: Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing (Hardcover)

by George E. Totten (Editor), D. Scott MacKenzie (Editor) "Since Humphry Davy announced in 1808 his belief that the plentiful compound alumina was the earth (oxide) of an undiscovered metal, scientists had been making..." (more)
Key Phrases: cold finished wire, primary static recrystallization, recrystallization simulations, New York, Acta Mater, Acta Metall (more...)
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WINNER of a 2004 Outstanding Academic Title award from CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries
of a 2004 Outstanding Academic Title award from CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries

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Offering effective strategies for the selection of appropriate alloys and the development of high-strength castings. Volume 2 examines environmental pollution and toxicity in each stage of aluminum alloy production and metal processing, illustrates microstructure evolution modeling, and describes work hardening, recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth.

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Since Humphry Davy announced in 1808 his belief that the plentiful compound alumina was the earth (oxide) of an undiscovered metal, scientists had been making efforts to obtain this new metal. Read the first page
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cold finished wire, primary static recrystallization, recrystallization simulations, anodic brightening, friction stir welds, zincate process, conversion coating solution, plasticity finite element method, cryolite ratio, master alloys, subgrain growth, aluminum alloy substrates, prebaked anodes, maximum normal stress theory, friction stir welding, polycrystal models, extended volume fraction, deformation substructure, dynamic tear test, quench path, recrystallization nucleation, zincate solution, primary alloy, alumina solubility, zinc film
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New York, Acta Mater, Acta Metall, Materials Society, International Conference, Scripta Metall, Elsevier Science, United States, Monte Carlo, Aluminium Alloy, Burleigh Figure, Light Metal Age, Materials Transactions, Journal of Materials Science, Metallurgy Publ, Metals Park, Journal of the Institute of Metals, Metallurgical Transactions, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Materials Park, Thousand Oaks, Tomographic Atom Probe, British Patent, Mechanically Alloyed Aluminum, Metals Handbook
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