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NONFERROUS HEAT TREATMENT

Nonferrous – Products and their Processes

As a result of its unique properties, aluminum has been of key importance in many of the developments of the past century. Let’s look at that history and some great nonferrous products/applications along with their thermal treatments.
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Reed Miller
February 3, 2020
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Why is aluminum’s story only about a century old? Because although aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in the earth’s crust (8%), metallic aluminum was produced for the first time just 200 years ago.


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Aluminum Heat Treatment Revisited

Common Concerns of Aluminum Heat Treatment and How to Resolve Them
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Daniel H. Herring
February 12, 2018
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When heat treating aluminum and aluminum alloys, it is important to understand the challenges we face and why absolute control of process and equipment variability is so very critical.
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