MAGNALIUM

măgnāˈlēəm, alloy of aluminum and about 5% magnesium. Although weak and soft in the elemental state, magnesium alloys with aluminum, manganese, zinc, tin, zirconium, and cerium to produce alloys useful in engineering materials. The strength and hardness of aluminum increases when it is alloyed with such substances as magnesium, manganese, nickel, chromium, zinc, iron, copper, and silicon. Magnalium—lighter and more workable than aluminum—is used in making metal mirrors and scientific instruments.

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Charles Sanders Peirce: Contributions to "The Nation" - Vol. 3
Book by Charles Sanders Peirce, Kenneth Laine Ketner, James Edward Cook; Texas Tech University, 1979
Subjects: Peirce, Charles S--(Charles Sanders)--1839-1914
...subject to calculation, actual experience is extremely welcome. To-day it is probable that such a vessel would be made of magnalium, not of pure alum- inium. Somebody with a spare million could make an interesting experiment by combining the metallic...
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The Life of St. Hugh of Lincoln - Vol. 1
Book by Decima L. Douie, Dom Hugh Farmer, Enysham Adam; Nelson, 1961
Subjects: Hugh--Of Lincoln, Saint--1140-1200
...exemplo. Vnico autem et uniuersali sibi erat g miraculo conditoris sui, que numquam ei deerat, precordialis recordatio, magnalium quoque illius stupenda et inexplicabilis multitudo. Plurima uero ad suam ipsius quandoque releuationem, necnon et aliorum...
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Essays and Studies in Honor of Carleton Brown
Book by Not J. Cited; New York University Press ; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1940
Subjects: Literature
...obscuritas peperit, quod fortitudine vacuus aliena probitate fortunam instruere videretur. Praecipue eandem, in amorem. Hakonis magnalium eius spectata deflexit opinio. . . . 3. Hagbarthus vero cum Sigari filiis Daniam petens iisdemque ignaris sororis eorum...
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Studies in Heroic Legend and in Current Speech
Book by Kemp Malone, Stefan Einarsson, Norman E. Eliason; Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1959
Subjects: English Literature--Old English, Ca. 450-1100, Germanic Philology
...obscuritas peperit, quod fortitudine vacuus aliena probitate fortunam instruere videretur. Praecipue eandem in amorem Hakonis magnalium eius spectata deflexit opinio . . . . 3. Hagbarthus vero cum Sigari filiis Daniam petens iisdemque ignaris soronis eorum...
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Chambers's Technical Dictionary
Book by C. F. Tweney, L. E. C. Hughes; Macmillan, 1958
Subjects: Technology--Dictionaries
...the earth, and from which igneous rocks are considered to have been derived. magmatic cycle Geol. . See igneous cycle. magnalium Met. . An aluminium-base alloy. Contains 1 75% copper and 1 75% magnesium. Tensile strength, 16-20 tons per sq...
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Magnalium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAGNALIUM magna le m, alloy of aluminum and about 5% magnesium. Although weak...manganese, nickel, chromium, zinc, iron, copper, and silicon. Magnalium lighter and more workable than aluminum is used in making metal mirrors...
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Magnesium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...parts, rockets and missiles, luggage frames, portable power tools, and cameras and optical instruments. Duralumin and magnalium are alloys of magnesium. The metal is also used in pyrotechnics, especially in incendiary bombs, signals, and flares...


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