Questions tagged [alloys]
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Which aluminum alloy is used in cheap commercial load cells?
I am planning to simulate a load cell in CAD and was wondering which aluminum alloy are cheap commercial load cells made of? I noticed there is no huge difference between the common aluminum alloys in ...
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What KB means in 38NiCrMo4 (KB)?
I've been dealing with an engineering drawing that has a material called 38nicrmo4(kb) in Italian UNI standard. It appears that it is equivalent of 36crnimo4 in DIN or commercially named VCN100.
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Cutters: Cr-Ni, Cr-V, or Cr-Mo
I went to the hardware store to buy some new diagonal pliers/cutters and
noticed that a lot of manufacturers now stamp the type of steel alloy
near the pivot. My options were Chromium-Nickel, ...
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What's the right stress relief treatment for AS161 magnesium alloy?
I have a 50 year old forged magnesium alloy wheel apparently marked AS161, which I have been led to believe is AS1.61 - not dissimilar to this picture here. So I assume 1.6% aluminium and 1% silicone ...
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Makeshift solution for cast alloy based on copper
I'm trying to mix an alloy for casting.
The base metal must be copper and the desired physical properties are
melting point as low as possible but below 1000°C (my makeshift crucible won't stand more ...
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What is the metallic alloy used in camera cases?
What is the metallic alloy used in camera cases?
They are manufatured by what process?
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Grain size and fatigue performance correlation for AMS 5662 Inconel 718
I am trying to do a literature review on the correlation between average grain size and fatigue performance of AMS 5662 (solution annealed condition) Inconel 718. The Special Materials Corporation ...
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Longer lasting soldering tips
I'm a real thrifty guy, so seeing my soldering tip with months of use on them starting to crack & peel, the layer I take to be nickel cladding, disheartens me. Again, this is planned obsolescence ...
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Metallurgy: Purifying Cobalt-Nickel-Copper alloys to Cobalt, Nickel, Copper
I am working on lithium battery recycling modelling. Long story short after certain processes I get as output alloys with different compositions of Cobalt, Nickel and Copper. An example of an alloy is ...
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What is the difference between an alloy and a metamaterial?
Metamaterials are carefully structured materials — often consisting of periodically arranged building blocks — that exhibit properties and functionalities that differ from and surpass those of their ...
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Alternatives to zinc die cast (Zamak)
I am working for a small domestic home appliance manufacturer and we are looking at ways to reduce our appliance's carbon footprint.
Currently we use a lot of die-casted zinc-aluminum alloy (Zamak, ...
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What aluminum grade is the most resistant to corrosion in alkaline environment?
Quick google search will return either 6000 series (6061 more specifically), or 3003
However with so many option and each having it's own benefit, I still haven't make my decision
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martensitic transformation, starting and finishing temperature
Searching about microstructure of Cu-Ni-Zn alloys I came across an article (published 2017) which in Conclusion says:
Blockquote It was observed that the starting and finishing transformation ...
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Heat treatment processes in Nickel-Based Superalloys?
What is the difference in heat treatment process between Wrought
Ni-Based superalloys &cast Ni-Based
superalloys
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Is thermal conductivity a property that affects the use of an alloy in high-temperature applications?
I'm interested in the effect of thermal conductivity on the choice of materials used for high temperature applications such as turbines.
For the particular case of Nickel-Chromium alloys (such as René ...
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