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REPORT No. 34.
ALUMINUM AND ITS LIGHT ALLOYS.
By Pam D. Manic.
This is the subject of a recent circular issued by the Bureau of Standards.' It contains
information compiled from various sources, including the published literature, manufacturers
of aluminum and its alloys, Bureau of Standards test reports and miscellaneous correspond-
ence on the physical and mechanical properties of aluminum and its light alloys, with chapters
included on the corrosion and deterioration of the metal and its alloys.
A summary is given of the research work which has been done here and abroad on the
constitution and mechanical properties of the various alloy systems with aluminum. The
mechanical properties and compositions of commercial light alloys for casting, forging, or
rolling, obtainable in this country are described.
The circular is completed by a bibliography of sources of data and information. A table
of contents follows:
4. Aluminum:
I. Commercial aluminum-
1. Sources, metallurgy.
2. Commercial grades, uses.
3. Production, price.
II. Metallography.
III. Chemical properties--
I. Carrosion-
(a) Protection of aluminum against corrosion.
2. Aluminothermy.
IV. Physical properties-
L Electrical, magnetic-
(a) Electrical conductivity.
(b) Themoelectromotive force.
(c) Electrolytic solution potential.
(d) Magnetic susceptibility.
2. Thermal-
(a) Change of state.
(b) Thermal conductivity.
(c) Thermal expansivity.
(d) Specific heat.
S. Optical.
4. Mechanical-
(a) Elasticity.
(b) Tensile test
(c) Compression test.
(d) Hardness.
(e) Alternating stress test
5. Miscellaneous-
(a) Density.
V. Physical properties at higher and lower temperauret.
VI. Technology--
1. Casting.
2. Working.
3. Welding and soldering.
4. Electrolytic deposition
5. Miscellaneous operations.
VII. The properties of aluminum as affected by mechanical work and by heat treatment.
( Crelar No. 7 lt the Barsao Standards.
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