The examination of microstructure is one of the principal means of evaluating alloys and products to determine the effects of various fabrication and thermal treatments, evaluate the effects of new procedures, and analyze ...

The heat treatable alloys contain amounts of soluble alloying elements that exceed the equilibrium solid solubility limit at room and moderately higher temperatures. The amount present may be less or more than the maximum ...

Most of the metallic elements readily alloy with aluminum, but only a few are important major alloying ingredients in commercial aluminum-based alloys. Nevertheless, an appreciable number of other elements serve as ...