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LONDON. Institute of Metals (Annual Autumn Meeting at Southampton), Sept. 9.—D. Hanson: The use of non-ferrous metals in the aeronautical industry (Autumn Lecture). The present state of aerial transport is in large measure due to the development of suitable alloys and their use in aircraft construction in large quantities. The non-ferrous alloys are strong for their weight, and also possess the advantages that they can readily be used as die-castings, forgings, stampings, and so on, and lend themselves readily to methods of standardised production. Perhaps the most notable feature in regard to aluminium alloys is the extent to which heat-treatment is employed in developing their useful properties. The use of magnesium alloys is of more recent origin, but is rapidly extending. Improvements in melting and casting methods, as well as the discovery of new alloys, have contributed to this extension, and the application of the processes of heat-treatment in suitable instances will probably lead to further improvements.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 126, 493–495 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126493b0
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