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Why is titanium used?

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High strength, light weight, good temperature and corrosion resistance

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How much lighter is titanium compared to steel?

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56%

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The strength of titanium is maintained to what temperatures?

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800F (427C)

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What temperatures must titanium be protected?

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1000F (583C)

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Why must you have a fire extinguisher when working with titanium?

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Because sparks will ignite titanium dust

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What temperature will titanium ignite at when oxygen is present?

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1950F (1065C)

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Why is pure aluminium highly corrosion resistant?

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Because it forms a non-porous oxide coating

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Why must pure aluminium be alloyed?

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Because its too soft in a pure form

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What are most structural aircraft parts made from?

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Heat-treated aluminium alloys

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What is alloying?

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Mixing aluminium with with other metals to make it stronger

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Wrought and cast aluminium’s are identified by a four digit number, designated by who?

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Aluminium association of America

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What is the wrought and cast aluminium’s identification system called?

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AA-numbers

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What is the first digit in the AA-number represent?

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The major alloying element

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What is the second digit in the AA-number represent?

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Alloying modification

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What do the last two digits in the AA-number represent?

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Alloy designator

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Aluminium is how much lighter than steel?

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Three times lighter

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How much more electrical conductivity does aluminium have compared too copper?

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Twice as much

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Why is remelting aluminium so efficient?

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Because it remains un-charged

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How much energy is needed to remelt aluminium compared to production?

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5%

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How is cladding of aluminium alloys completed?

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Thin layers are rolled on all sides at high temperature

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What is the thickness of clad layers?

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3-5% of the material thickness

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What does the direction of text on ALclad indicate?

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Direction of grain structure

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What is cladding usually made from?

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Pure aluminium with 1% zinc

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What is special about the 1000 series in aluminium designation?

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10xx means 99% and xx54 means 0.54% (1054=99.54%)

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What is work hardening also known as?
Strain hardening or cold working
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What is work hardening ?
Strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation
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What’s the time frame from furnace to quench?
10 seconds
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Why does quenching of aluminium needs to be done quickly?
Because its alloying metals begin to precipitate from the base metal
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What are aluminium alloys heated in?
Molten sodium, potassium nitrate bath, hot-air furnace
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What are the three ways to harden alloy after it has been heated and quenched?
- cold working - natural age hardening - artificial ageing
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What is natural age hardening?
When left at room temperature for days to allow the alloy to precipitate at the grain boundary
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What is artificial ageing?
When the temperature is raised which increases the precipitation at the grain boundary
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How can age hardening be slowed down?
By freezing the alloy immediately after quenching
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How many times can clad material be heat-treated?
3
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Why can you only use heat treatment processes a certain amount of times on clad material?
Because small amounts of alloying agents can precipitate out into the clad layer causing corrosion
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What does F stand for in basic heat treatment designation?
As fabricated
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What does O stand for in the basic heat treatment designation?
Annealed
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What does H stand for in the basic heat treatment designation?
Strain hardened
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What does W stand for in basic heat treatment designation?
Solution heat-treated
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What does T stand for in the basic heat treatment designation?
Heat-treated to produce stable tempers other than F, O, or H
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In the basic heat treatment designation what is T followed by?
Numbers 1 to 10 depending on type of heat-treatment
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How are non-heat treatment alloys hardened?
By cold working/ strain hardening
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For non-heat treatable alloys what are the second digits and what do they represent?
``` Hx2= 1/4 hard Hx4= 1/2 hard Hx6= 3/4 hard Hx8= full hard Hx9= extra hard ```
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What are the three reasons magnesium is rarely used on aircraft today?
- highly corrosive - difficult to work with - highly flammable
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Why is pure magnesium alloyed with other elements used?
It is 2/3 the weight of aluminium and its not magnetic
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Where is magnesium mostly used on an aircraft?
Instrument casings
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Because magnesium has no classification system due to international acceptance, what is mostly used instead?
American society for testing materials (ASTM)
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What is used to put out a magnesium fire?
Noble gases (helium or argon) or sand
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What are the three heat treatments for magnesium alloys?
- solution treatment (T4) - precipitation hardening (T5) - annealing (T6)
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Why must magnesium never be heated in a salt bath?
It may result in an explosion
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What is GLARE?
GLAss REinforced Laminate
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What are fibre metal laminates (FMLs)?
Material consisting of thin layers of metal sheets and uni-directional fibre layers
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What is the range of thickness for the aluminium in GLARE?
0.2-0.5mm
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What determines the grade of GLARE?
The number of epoxy prepreg layers
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What are the three parts of the laminate coding system? | E.g 4B-4/3-0.4
1st= fibre grade and orientation 2nd= X layers of aluminium / X layers of fibre 3rd= aluminium layer thickness (mm) E.g 4B-4/3-0.4
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Where is GLARE mostly used?
- fuselage skin material - blast resistant containers - cargo floors and liners
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What are the advantages of fibre metal laminates?
- high strength - fatigue resistant - damage tolerant - impact and blast resistant - fire resistant - thermal isolation
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What are the two functions of a leading edge?
Maintain the right aerodynamic shape and to protect the aircraft
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What is a blast resistant container (FAP) made from?
Glare with an aluminium frame

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