Duralumin is a trade name, now used generically, for the earliest age-hardenable aluminum-copper alloys. German metallurgist Alfred Wilm, working at a private laboratory in Neubabelsberg, discovered in 1903 that after quenching, an aluminum alloy containing four percent copper would harden if simply left at room temperature for several days; further improvements led to the introduction of duralumin under that name in 1909, commercialized as a trademark of Durener Metallwerke AG. Hugo Junkers first used it in an aircraft airframe, the Junkers J 3, in 1916, and it went on to become the standard structural alloy of airships and metal aircraft. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Primary UseStructural material for aircraft airframes and airships, and other applications needing a strong, lightweight, age-hardened aluminum alloy. 1 Origin YearWilm discovered the underlying age-hardening effect in 1903; the alloy was introduced and commercialized under the name duralumin in 1909. Classification
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Duralumin is an aluminum alloy, aluminum with roughly four percent copper plus small amounts of other elements, age-hardened after quenching.
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An early aluminum alloy developed for strength-critical aircraft structures.
Duralumin's first aircraft use was Hugo Junkers' Junkers J 3 airframe in 1916, and it became a standard early metal-aircraft structural material.
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Further improvements led to the introduction of duralumin in 1909.
Aviation
The earliest known attempt to use duralumin for a heavier-than-air aircraft structure occurred in 1916, when Hugo Junkers first introduced its use in the airframe of the Junkers J 3.
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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.
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Duralumin is a trade name, now used generically, for the earliest age-hardenable aluminum-copper alloys.
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- In Field: Aerospace Engineering
- Associated With: Aluminum
- Associated With: The Airplane
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