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ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND ENGINEERED MATERIALS. Aluminum alloys have been used effectively for scores of years. Much... 

Aluminum alloys readily with copper, manganese, magnesium, silicon, and zinc Many aluminum alloys arc commercially available. See also Aluminum Alloys and Engineered Materials. 

Some of the foregoing topics are described in more detail in the following article on Aluminum Alloys and Engineered Materials. 

As pointed out by Stephens and Goldman (State University of New York at Stony Brook). Quasicrystals are neither uniformly ordered like crystals nor amorphous like glasses. Many features of quasicrystals cun be explained, but their atomic structure remains to be described fully. See also Aluminum Alloys and Engineered Materials... 

Aluminum oxide (alumina), AI2O3, has lugh technological value. Sol-gel processing of alumina has created novel applications and improved some of its properties. Products such as catalyst earners, abrasives, fibers, films for electronic applications, aerogels, and membranes for molecular filtration have been developed based on sol-gel processing. See also Alumina Adsorption (Process) and Bauxite Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys and Engineered Materials. 

FM 73 Cytec Engineered Materials 60-90 min at 121°C Toughened epoxy film preferred system on the PABST program for primary bonding of aluminum... 

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Maintaining a safe and healthy workplace is more complex than it has ever been. New materials and new processes have created new problems. About 8,000 new chemical compounds are created each year. Production materials have become increasingly complex and exotic. Engineering materials now include carbon steels, stainless steels, cast irons, tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, aluminum, powdered metals, plastics, etc. Each of these metals requires its own specialized processes and has its own associated hazards. Nonmetals are more numerous and have also become more complex. Plastics, plastic alloys, and blends, advanced composites, fibrous materials, elastomers, and ceramics also bring their own potential hazards to the workplace. 

The term sialon was adopted in the seventies to describe solid-solution compositions containing the elements Si-Al-O-N. The crystal lattice of P-Si3N4 can readily accommodate other atoms such as A1 and 0, and the Sialons are formed by the addition of alumina (AI2O3) or aluminum nitride (AIN) to P-Si3N4- An empirical formula for this family of materials is Si5.jjAlxOxNg.. The sialons show promise as high-temperature engineering materials. 

Aerospace. Eemap and NEi Nastran are software applications used for aerospace engineering. It can simulate the tensile strength and load capacity of a variety of structural materials (aluminum, etc.) as well as the effect of weather on performance and durability. 

Summerson, T. J. and Sprowls, D. O., Corrosion Behavior of Aluminum Alloys, Conference Proceedings Volume HI, Aluminum Alloys Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, E. A. Starke, Jr. and T. H. Sanders, Jr., Eds., Engineering Materials Advisory Services Ltd., West Midlands, U.K., 1986, pp. 1576-1662. 

Gangloff, R. P., Environment Sensitive Fatigue Crack Tip Processes and Propagation in Aerospace Aluminum Alloys, in Fatigue 02, Anders Blom, Ed., Engineering Materials Advisory Services, West Midlands, UK, 2002, pp. 3401-3433. 

Barter, S. A., Sharp, P. K., Holden, G., and Clark, G., Initiation and Early Growth of Fatigue Cracks in an Aerospace Aluminum Alloy," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 25, 2002, pp. 111-125. 

Oxygen is the common cathodic reduction species found in water, which is responsible for continued corrosive attack on some engineering materials, such as low carbon steel. However, passive engineering alloys utilize the oxygen to form thin, tenacious, and adherent protective oxide films. Some common alloys with protective films are stainless steels, nickel alloys, copper-base alloys and aluminum alloys. The oxygen concentration at ambient temperatures and atmospheric pressure is approximately 6-8 mg/L. An increase in temperature decreases oxygen solubility, whereas an increase in pressure increases oxygen solubility. 

J. C. Romine Continuous aluminum oxide fiber MMCs. In T. J. Reinhart (editor) Composites, volume 1 of Engineered Materials Handbook, pages 874-877. ASM International, 1987. 

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