Aluminum: technology, applications and environment

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This comprehensive book serves as a definitive educational text and reference for aluminum industry participants, fabricators, users, students, and the scientific community. It integrates contributions from experts across North America and Europe, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences. The content spans a brief history of aluminum, detailing production and processing steps while elucidating the relationships between these steps, structure, and properties of aluminum alloys. Key topics include various casting processes, metal quality, mechanical test methods, and industrial forming processes, along with their thermomechanical principles. The book covers alloying principles, heat treatment methods for specific properties, and corrosion principles with strategies for enhancing protection. Modern joining technologies and manufacturing principles are also discussed for practical application. Examples illustrate the use of composition controls, microstructure, and manufacturing processes to achieve desired properties for various applications, including can making. The text highlights the importance of computer-aided materials design, engineering, and manufacturing. Additionally, it compares aluminum's competitive properties with magnesium, titanium, plastics, composites, and steel. A notable addition in the latest edition is a detailed overview of emerging aluminum applications across diverse sectors such as aer