Aluminum Alloys: Structures, Properties and Applications—2nd Edition
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2024) | Viewed by 1648
Special Issue Editors
Interests: alloy development; light metals; thermal analysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: high temperature materials; aluminium alloys; corrosion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Different light-weight aluminum alloys and their structure, mechanical properties and applications will be discussed in this Special Issue. It will encompass papers showing new light-weight aluminum alloys, metal–matrix composites and corrosion-resistant materials. Aluminum has a low density of 2.7 g/cm3, and is a recyclable material with excellent electrical conductivity and thermal properties. As a result, aluminum is the material of choice when light-weighting and corrosion resistance are of paramount importance. Despite the crucial combinations of properties exhibited by aluminum and its alloys, aluminum has become an economical and broadly used material in most demanding engineering applications. Heat-treated and non-heat-treated alloys provide varying mechanical properties. Alloys are produced through a range of processes, including casting (gravity, tilt, sand, investment), forging, drawing, rolling etc. This Special Issue presents original research and review papers discussing aluminum alloys.
Dr. Amogelang Bolokang
Dr. Maria Ntsoaki Mathabathe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aluminum alloys
- metal–matrix composites
- mechanical properties
- applications
- review
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