Aerospace Aluminum

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Aircraft such as Boeing's mostly-composite 787 Dreamliner garner headlines while aluminum alloy producers develop new high strength-to-weight compositions. One is Alcan's AIRWARE™ which features high corrosion and crack resistance. The alloy will compose 20% of the structure of Bombardier's CSeries of mid-size airliners making their first revenue flights in 2013.



http://www.designnews.com/article/509978-Aircraft_Materials_Battle_Heats_up.php

[Letipapa]

Ho,ho! New race in materials. It will be interesting.