Special and Short Processes of Aluminum Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion and Protection".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 474
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-performance aluminum alloy; metal matrix composite
Interests: friction stir welding and processing; ultrafine grain structured materials; degradable Mg alloy biomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
The global aluminum market was valued at USD 229.85 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow from USD 243.89 billion in 2024 to USD 393.70 billion by 2032. Aluminum and its alloys are silvery-white, non-magnetic, and ductile metals that play a critical role in the automotive, aerospace, building, and other industries. Moreover, the manufacturing process significantly influences the microstructures and properties of aluminum alloys. Therefore, the development of new aerospace aluminum alloys and automotive lightweighting is crucial.
With the increasingly serious environmental and energy crisis, some aluminum alloys that have undergone special and short processes have been gradually employed to product manufacturing in recent decades. This has occurred due to their characteristic benefits, including low investment costs, low energy consumption, and high efficiency. However, until now, not many research studies have been published on the special and short processes of aluminum alloys compared to traditional processing routes.
This Special Issue of Metals focuses on the short and special processes of aluminum alloys. The papers presented in this Special Issue provide an account of 2024’s scientific and technological state of the art special and short processes of aluminum alloys (see the Keywords/Topics section below). Your contributions to this compilation will be highly valuable and appreciated. We invite you to contribute research studies on the effects of short and special processes in relation to the microstructures and various properties of aluminum alloys.
Dr. Cong Xu
Prof. Dr. Yufeng Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aluminum
- short process
- special process
- solidification
- continuous casting
- roll casting
- deformation
- welding
- heat treatment
- microstructure
- strength
- ductility
- corrosion resistance
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