Light, strong and heat-resistant metals and fiber composites chosen for airframes, engines and spacecraft. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as a metal alloy or composite used in aircraft or spacecraft. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.
All Aerospace Metals and Composites
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Aluminium (Wikipedia)
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Aluminium (the Commonwealth and preferred IUPAC name) or aluminum (North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
Titanium (Wikipedia)
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Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (Wikipedia)
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Carbon fiber (or fibre) reinforced polymers are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
Duralumin (Wikipedia)
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Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium-copper alloys.
Titanium alloys (Wikipedia)
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Titanium alloys are alloys that contain a mixture of titanium and other chemical elements.
Inconel (Wikipedia)
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Inconel ( IN-co-nel) is a superalloy composed mainly of nickel, chromium, and iron that is often used in extreme environments where components are subjected to high temperature, pressure, or mechanical loads.
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