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Lithium Alloys in Aerospace
2013-06-03 00:20:46| About Metals
While discussion of lithium is often overwhelmingly focused on the battery industry, a niche market for aluminum-lithium alloys has developed in the aerospace sector. From 1998 until the conclusion of NASA's space shuttle mission program, third generation external tanks constructed mainly of the aluminum-lithium alloy Al-2195 provided weight savings of approximately 7000lbs (3175kgs)....Read Full Post
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