duralumin
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Duralumin is a type of aluminum alloy that was used in aircraft and airships like the Hindenburg due to its strength. While it offered structural advantages, it is susceptible to corrosion, as evidenced by damaged components recovered from historical aircraft.
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Composition
- Microstructure
- Initial microstructure
- Heat treatment and microstructural changes
- Final microstructure
- Applications
- Aviation
- Bicycles
- Automotive
- References
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Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium–copper alloys. The term is a combination of Düren, dur (a German prefix meaning "hard"), and aluminium. Its use as a trade name is obsolete. Today the term mainly refers to aluminium-copper alloys, designated as the 2000 series by the international alloy designation system (IADS), as with 2014 and 2024 alloys used in airframe fabrication.