Lithium's affect on Alu alloys?

Nov 25, 2004 2 Replies

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David Billington

I saw a program about one of the latest Boeing airliners which used a lot of lithium aluminium alloy for weight saving. One of the draw backs mentioned was that it is more prone to cracking the previously used aluminium alloys.

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How does Lithium content alter aluminium alloys? I'm making some motocross top yokes and am unsure as to what material to use?



I've got some 7050 which I thought would be fine for the job, but having a root round have come across some different spec material which is "slightly higher in lithium content" (not my words, and am trying to discover an exact %) but wondered what properties the lithium would give


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