5. Aluminium alloy families
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After a century of metallurgical studies and application development, eight families ("series" in English) of industrial aluminum wrought alloys have been adopted, based on five systems:
aluminum-copper ;
aluminum-manganese ;
aluminum-silicon ;
aluminum-magnesium ;
aluminum-zinc.
For the sake of convenience, these families include unalloyed aluminum (1000 family), and other alloys, the 8000 family, made up of alloys rich in iron and, possibly, nickel.
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These eight families can be divided into two distinct groups in terms of curing method (see table 8...
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- Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Wrought products – Designation of metallurgical states. - Norme EN 515 -
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