[AR] New Al Alloy
- From: Nathan Mogk <nm8911@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:03:57 -0700
Apparently Alcoa recently unveiled a new alloy for use in truck wheels that
is 16.5% stronger than 6061. This may be an interesting alloy for rockets
when they let it into the market. There wasn't any real detail in the press
release that I saw, and they didn't mention (and I didn't look up) what
heat treatment of 6061 they are comparing with.
Here is the press release
http://www.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/NewsItem/?vgnextoid=3a23ccc1c26e1410VgnVCM100000621e010aRCRD
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