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I knew you would know the answer! NOT!!!!

Posted by bdk on Sat Mar 30, 2002 10:53:17 PM

In reply top Brandon Thanks - I knew you would know the answer! N/T posted by Paul McMillan on Sat Mar 30, 2002 01:01:00 PM

Well, it looks like I blew it again!

Dural, Duralumin, and Duraluminum appear to all be generic trade names to describe the same thing... Basically high strength, heat treatable aluminum alloys!

And I plagiarize thusly:

"duralumin [dooral'yumin, dyoo?]"

"duralumin , alloy of aluminum (over 90%) with copper (about 4%), magnesium (0.5%?1%), and manganese (less than l%). Before a final heat treatment the alloy is ductile and malleable; after heat treatment a reaction between the aluminum and magnesium produces increased hardness and tensile strength. Because of its lightness and other desirable physical properties, duralumin is widely used in the aircraft industry."

Sorry for the misleading info I previously posted...after you gave me such credit as a know-it-all too! Now I really feel bad! :-)

BK


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