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Title: | Aluminium alloy for casting |
Authors: | Ji, S Smith, J Amirkhanlou, S |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Abstract: | An aluminium alloy having high Young’s modulus is provided, the alloy comprising: 6.5 wt.% to 17.5 wt.% silicon; and 0.5 wt.% to 11.0 wt.% nickel, and further comprising two or more elements selected from the following: copper in an amount of 5.5 wt.% or less; magnesium in an amount of 2.0 wt.% or less; manganese in an amount of 1.0 wt.% or less; zinc in an amount of 2.0 wt.% or less; beryllium in an amount of 2.0 wt.% or less; lithium in an amount of 2.0 wt.% or less; titanium in an amount of 0.3 wt.% or less; vanadium in an amount of 0.3 wt.% or less; silver in an amount of 0.3 wt.% or less; niobium in an amount of 0.3 wt.% or less; iron in an amount of 0.8 wt.% or less; chromium in an amount of 1.0 wt.% or less; and zirconium in an amount of 0.3 wt.% or less. Methods of making the alloy are also provided, as well as cast products and methods of making cast products from the alloy composition. |
Description: | Patent |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/20541 |
Other Identifiers: | GB1800093.5 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Embargoed Research Papers |
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