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LONDON. The Institute of Metals (Autumn Meeting), September 8.—W. M. Corse (autumn lecture): Recent developments in non-ferrous metallurgy in the United States, with special reference to nickel and aluminium-bronze. Some account is given of nickel, its occurrence, and smelting, and of the Orford, Mond, and Hybinette processes of refining. The copper aluminium alloy known as aluminium bronze is next described. This series of alloys has found many important uses, such as for worm gear wheels for motor trucks, automobile parts and other structural pieces requiring resistance to vibratory stresses or fatigues. The addition of lead to the standard aluminium bronze has given a new alloy of good wear-resisting properties. The dream of many a foundryman to avoid the use of sand for moulding purposes may come true, if the new Holley “long life mould “process using these moulds made of cast iron proves to be the success that is at present indicated. This applies to mass production work. There are also references to Ambrac metal, Frary metal, and the nickel chromium iron alloys.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 114, 452 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114452a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114452a0