Duralumin
Duralumin is an alloy made up of 90% aluminum, 4% copper, 0.5–1% magnesium, and less than 1% manganese. It is an extremely hard alloy that is used, for example, in vehicle armour in the defense industry.
Duralumin Media
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Fire-damaged Duralumin cross brace from the Zeppelin airship Hindenburg (DLZ129) salvaged from its crash site at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937
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Corrosion of Duralumin
- ZRS-4 USS Akron duralumin sample.jpg
Duralumin sample from the 1931 airship USS Akron (ZRS-4)
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The first mass-production aircraft to make extensive use of duralumin, the armored Junkers J.I sesquiplane of World War I
