did you know??? Duralium

[37fleetwood]

Did you know where the term Duralium came from? I was watching a documentary on the Junkers ju52 which said the germans had developed duralium (or duraluminum) for use on this plane just before WWII. it is an alloy of 95% Aluminum, 4% Copper, 0.5% magnesium, and 0.5% manganese.it was corrosion resistant, stronger than aluminum, lighter than steel, and cheaper than titanium.
Scott

 

[militarymonark]

well if the hawthorne duralium was made out of that then apparently it is corrosive because mine def corroded. But yes thats really neat.