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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Chemistry
3. Classification
4. Applications
5. Manufacturing
6. Heat treatment
7. Common Defects
8. Conclusions
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Introduction Abundance
All Others
Iron Oxygen
Silicon
Aluminum Oxide / Bauxite
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Introduction Advantages
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History Aluminum Production
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History Use
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Chemistry Alloying Elements
Principal
Alloying
Elements
Cu, Mn, Mg, Si,
Zn, Fe
Additional
Alloying
Elements
Ti, B, Zr, Cr, Ni, Bi,
Pb
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Role of Alloying Elements
Al 1. Increases strength
and hardness
2. If >12% makes the
alloy brittle
3. Hot cracking tendency
4. Decreases corrosion
resistance
Cu
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Role of Alloying Elements
Mn
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Role of Alloying Elements
Al 1. Increases tensile
strength and hardness
uptil 13% wt.
2. Decrease the hot
cracking
3. Good resistance to
corrosion
Si
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Role of Alloying Elements
Al 1. Increases strength
and hardness
2. Good resistance to
corrosion
3. Increase weldability
and machinability
Mg
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Role of Alloying Elements
Zn
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Classification Alloy Designation System
Al
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Applications 1XXX
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Applications 2XXX
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Applications 3XXX
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Applications 4XXX
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Applications 5XXX
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Applications 6XXX
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Applications 7XXX
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Production Wrought Al Alloys
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Extrusion Process
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Heat Treatment Al Alloys
Annealing Treatment
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Heat Treatment
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Heat Treatment
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Al-Cu phase diagram showing three steps in precipitation hardening
Common Defects
Casting
Defects
Heat
Extrusion
Treatment
Defects
Defect Defects
Forging
Defects
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Casting Defects
Cracks Porosity
Inclusions Segregation
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Cracks Types
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Cracks 7075
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Cracks 2024
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Inclusions Optical Images
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Inclusions SEM Images
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Inclusions SEM Analysis
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Inclusions Fracture surface
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Inclusions Fracture surface
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Extrusion Defects
Extrusion
Scratches
tears/ cracks
Un-even wall
Fish scaling
thickness
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Drawing Defects
Un-uniformity of
Crack
wall thickness
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Cracks in Extrusion Unetched form
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Cracks in Extrusion T6 etched form
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Heat treatment Defects
Unqualified
mechanical Over firing
properties
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Grain Coarsening
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Control of Grain Coarsening
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