Aluminum alloy products about 4 inches thick or less that possesses the ability to achieve, when solution heat treated, quenched, and artificially aged, and in parts made from the products, an improved combination of strength, fracture toughness and corrosion resistance, the alloy consisting essentially of: about 6.8 to about 8.5 wt.% Zn, about 1.5 to about 2.00 wt.% Mg, about 1.75 to about 2.3 wt.% Cu; about 0.05 to about 0.3 wt. % Zr, less than about 0.1 wt. % Mn, less than about 0.05 wt.% Cr, the balance Al, incidental elements and impurities and a method for making same. The instantly disclosed alloys are useful in making structural members for commercial airplanes including, but not limited to, upper wing skins and stringers, spar caps, spar webs and ribs of either built-up or integral construction.


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    Title :

    ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTY COMBINATIONS AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIALLY AGING SAME


    Additional title:

    ALUMINIUMLEGIERUNGSPRODUKTE MIT VERBESSERTEN EIGENSCHAFTSKOMBINATIONEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DEREN KÜNSTLICHER ALTERUNG
    PRODUITS EN ALLIAGE D'ALUMINIUM PRÉSENTANT DES COMBINAISONS DE PROPRIÉTÉS AMÉLIORÉES ET PROCÉDÉS POUR LEUR VIEILLISSEMENT ARTIFICIEL


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    Publication date :

    2019-07-03


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    C22C Legierungen , ALLOYS / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / C22F CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS , Verändern der physikalischen Struktur von Nichteisenmetallen oder Nichteisenlegierungen



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