"Elektron" in Bf109 Cockpits

[Nick Beale]

In Neil Hanson's book "First Blitz" he refers to the magnesium stick incendiaries Germany developed late in the Great War which were known as Elektron bombs.

[phil]

hello,
to be technical clear:
as i told in my previous message we have 100... different combinations of magnezium alloys it does not mean 109 magnezium is the same as spit magnezium
this is only a little example of differenties its pure their chemical composition
AZ31X AZ 61A-DE81 AM50A DE 82
Al:2,5-3,6 Al:5,8-7,2 Al:4,4-5,4
Zn:0,7-1,3 Zn:0,4-1,5 Zn:max0,22
Mn :0,2-1,0 Mn:0,15-0,5 Mn:0,26-0,60
Si:max0,02 Si: max0,05 Si:maw0,10
Cu:max0,002 Cu:max:0,05 Cumax0,01
Ni:max0,001 Ni:0,005 Ni:0,002
Ne:max0,05 Fe:0,005 fe:max0,008
others0,05 others:0,05 othersmax0,2
Mg:rest Mg:rest Mg: rest