Separation of cast and wrought aluminum alloys by thermomechanical processing
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

For very narrow results

When looking for a specific result

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Dates
...

to

...
Document Data
Library
People
Clear All
...
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners. As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i

Separation of cast and wrought aluminum alloys by thermomechanical processing



Select the Download button to view the document
This document is over 5mb in size and cannot be previewed
English

Details:

  • Personal Author:
  • Corporate Authors:
  • Description:
    "There are techniques for separating aluminum alloys from mixed scrap, but there are no efficient ways to separate wrought aluminum from cast aluminum. This Bureau of Mines report describes a novel technique for separating mixed aluminum alloy scrap into cast and wrought aluminum alloy fractions. The technique, which uses conventional heating, fragmentizing, and screening equipment, exploits differences in the mechanical properties of cast and wrought aluminum alloys at elevated temperatures. The cast alloys become brittle at high temperatures owing to intergranular melting of regions of eutectic composition. This melting begins to occur as the solidus temperature for each alloy is reached. Solidus temperatures for casting alloys generally range from 520 deg. to 580 deg. C, but are above 600 deg. C for most wrought alloys. Thus, the casting alloys are easily fragmented while the wrought alloys remain ductile in the proper temperature range. Starting with a mixture containing approximately 80 pct cast and 20 pct wrought alloys, fractions of 100 pct cast and 98 pct wrought have been produced." - NIOSHTIC-2

    NIOSH no. 10004549

  • Subjects:
  • Series:
  • Subseries:
  • Document Type:
  • Genre:
  • Pages in Document:
    12 numbered pages
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    10004549
  • Resource Number:
    RI-8960
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF-6.64 MB]

You May Also Like

Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov