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Old 25th June 2018, 15:19
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Re: WWII ALUMINIUM COMPOSITION

Hello Gilles


Since copper was in short supply in Germany, a lot of metalurgic research was done to find an acceptable or better substitute to duralumin, to be used in structural parts. The result was a family of aluminium - zinc - magnesium alloys, plus stabilizers. These alloys were however only used toward the end of the war.


Another alloy often used was the Elektron (aluminium-magnesium) for molded parts.


Bonne journée !


J Schreiber
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