Duralumin
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Duralumin is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium–copper alloys. The term is a combination of Düren, dur, and aluminium. Its use as a trade name is obsolete. Today th
Fire-damaged Duralumin cross brace from the Zeppelin airship Hindenburg (DLZ129) salvaged from its crash site at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937
Corrosion of duralumin
Duralumin sample from the 1931 airship USS Akron (ZRS-4)
The first mass-production aircraft to make extensive use of duralumin, the armored Junkers J.I sesquiplane of World War I
Aluminium–copper alloys
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Aluminium–copper alloys are aluminium alloys that consist largely of aluminium and traces of copper as the main alloying elements. Important grades also contain additives of magnesium, iron, nickel an
Complete alloy phase diagram