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Magnesium AE42-F Die Cast Alloy

Magnesium is a really lightweight metal that can be readily machined with excellent strength-to-weight ratio. These favorable properties allow this metal to be die cast.

7 Aug 2013

Magnesium AS21X1 Die Cast Alloy

Magnesium is known to be the easiest metal to machine with excellent strength-to-weight ratio, thus this lightest alloy is frequently die cast. Magnesium AS21X1 is a die cast alloy.

7 Aug 2013

Palladium (Pd) - Properties, Applications

Palladium is a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. It belongs to group 10, periodic number 5 of the periodic table. Its atomic number is 46.

7 Aug 2013

Rhodium (Rh) - Properties, Applications

Rhodium is a rare, silvery-white, hard, and chemically inert metal that belongs to group 9 and period 5. It was first discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston. It is found as free element in nature and also rarely as a chemical compound in minerals such as rhodplumsite and bowieite.

7 Aug 2013

Magnesium AZ91B-F (UNS M11912) Die Cast Alloy

Magnesium Azxx alloy series have moderate strength, good ductility and toughness. They can be can be cast, formed, and forged. These alloys are used more often than others.

7 Aug 2013

Tantalum (Ta) - Properties, Applications

Tantalum is a chemical element with Ta as its symbol. It belongs to group 5, periodic number 6 of the periodic table. Its atomic number is 73.

7 Aug 2013

Nickel-Vanadium (NiV) Alloy

Nickel-Vanadium (NiV) alloy is composed of nickel and vanadium along with small amounts of iron, nitrogen and oxygen. In order to increase the surface hardness of nickel alloys they are subjected to a process of nitriding. The alloy appears as a silvery-white metal.

7 Aug 2013

Tellurium (Te) - Properties, Applications

Tellurium is a chemical element with Te as its symbol. It belongs to group 16, periodic number 5 of the periodic table. Its atomic number is 52.

7 Aug 2013

MONEL 400 Alloy (UNS N04400)

MONEL is an alloy of copper and nickel, discovered by Robert Crooks Stanley in the year 1901. This alloy was named after the president of the International Nickel Company, Ambrose Monell, where Robert was working.

7 Aug 2013

NILO 36 Alloys

NILO is an alloy consisting of nickel and iron as the main constituents. The amount of nickel varies in different types of NILO alloys. NILO alloys are controlled expansion alloys.

7 Aug 2013