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Definition of Duralumin

1. Noun. An aluminum-based alloy.

Definition of Duralumin

1. Noun. an alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry ¹

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Definition of Duralumin

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Medical Definition of Duralumin

1. An alloy of aluminum slightly heavier than this metal but nearly as strong as steel and noncorrodible; used in the manufacture of surgical and orthopedic appliances, e.g., splints; not for internal use in the body as screws, plates. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Duralumin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"CONCLUSIONS RELATIVE TO MANUFACTURE AND HEAT TREATMENT OF duralumin It has been shown that when duralumin is rapidly cooled by quenching from temperatures ..."

2. Aircraft Year Book by Manufacturers Aircraft Association (1921)
"THE USE OF duralumin The construction of airplanes from duralumin tubing is as difficult a ... The duralumin tubing is exceedingly difficult to manufacture, ..."

3. Airplanes and Safety by Travelers Insurance Companies, Travelers indemnity company Hartford (1921)
"duralumin—a special alloy of aluminum, copper, and magnesium,—has recently been used in aircraft construction for all the purposes for which wood has ..."

4. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1921)
"It was also concluded that a certain average size of particle of precipitated CuAl« produces the maximum hardness in duralumin. Thus aging at 200 degrees ..."

5. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1921)
"HEAT TREATMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF duralumin fore of the precipitation of a compound from a solid solution is common both to rapidly cooled steel and to ..."

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