Alloys Elektron

Surface Treatments for Magnesium Alloys in Aerospace and Defence, Magnesium Elektron Publication... 

Elektron A family of processes, operated by Magnesium Elektron, UK, for making magnesium, magnesium-zirconium alloys, and zirconium chemicals. In the 1920s and 30s, the names elektron and elektronmetall were used colloquially in Germany for magnesium metal. 

These are filled in devices having casings of Mg or elektron metal (an alloy of A1 and Mg). The heat produced by the thermite is sufficient to ignite these casings. 

Elektron (Electron). Accdg to AlI EnExpls (Ref 1) it is an alloy consisting of 86/14-Mg/Al, which burns at 1500°, while Mg alone requires 4200°. Accdg to Fisher (Ref 2), it is an alloy concg 86% Mg and 13% Al, invented by Germans in 1909 as a light metal substitute for structural steel, but since 1917 it was used for construction of incendiary bombs (See next item)... 

Many types of incendiary bombs were developed during WWII of which perhaps one of the most effective was the "Elektron Bora fee" (electron bomb), invented by the Germans. It was made in sizes from 1 to 25kg. The most common, 1-kg bomb, is represented here. It consisted of a thick-walled Mg-Al alloy shell ca 9 in length and,2 in diam, weighing ca 0.8kg and was filled with a small amt of thermite mixt. Unlike the thermite-type incendiary... 

Elektron Alloys. [Reade Mfg.] High poformance magnesium alloys. 

Homer, writing about 880 b.c. refers to elektron, and from the fact that this is mentioned in connection with gold ornaments it is possible that the word was used to denote some sort of shining alloy. The word was later used by the Greeks to denote either the alloy or amber. The modern alloy called electron contains no... 

P Lyon, T Wilks, I Syed, in N.R. Neelameggham, in Eds (H.I. Kaplan, B.R. Powell), The Influence of Alloying Elements and Heat Treatment upon the Properties of Elektron 21 (EV31A) Alloy, Magnesium Technology 2005, Warrendale, PA, 2005,... 

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