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- Strengthening Mechanisms: Introduction
- The 4 Mechanisms
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Strengthening Mechanisms: Introduction
Pure, untreated aluminium is a soft metal with insufficient strength for most engineering applications. In order to take advantage of its low density, aluminium has to be strengthened by one or more mechanisms. These are considered in detail in this section.
To increase the strength of metals in general, it is necessary to:
References
- MATTER Project, "Materials Science on CD-ROM", Chapman & Hall, 0412836602
- Polmear IJ, "Light Alloys: Metallurgy Of The Light Metals", Elsevier Science, 0340632070
- Porter DA and Easterling KE, "Phase transformations in metals and alloys", Chapman & Hall, 0412450305
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