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Hardness Testing
Hardness testing is a method of determining the results of heat treatment as well as the state of a metal…
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Other Alloys
Dow metal It is a magnesium-base alloy, containing 90% Mg, 10% Al and a small addition of Mn. Small additions…
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Bearing Metals
A Bearing metal should possess the following important characteristics : 1. It should have enough compressive strength to possess adequate…
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Nickel Alloys
German Silver It is also known as Ni-silver. It contains 60% Cu, 30% Ni and 10% Zn. It is very…
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Aluminium Alloys
Duralumin. It contains 4% Cu, 0.5% Mg, 0.5% Mn and the rest aluminium. It has high tensile strength, comparable with…
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Non-Ferrous Alloys
Due to poor physical and mechanical properties and high costs the nonferrous metals are seldom used in their pure state.…
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Non Ferrous Metals & It’s Alloys
Non-ferrous metals are those which do not contain iron as the base material. The most commonly used non-ferrous metals in…
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. Studying the motion of…
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Semimonocoque Type
The semimonocoque fuselage is constructed pri· marily of the alloys of aluminum and magnesium, although steel and titanium are found…
