From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Tables detailing the mechanical properties of Aluminium-Magnesium and Magnesium alloys.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0493 | |
Date | 5th November 1940 guessed | |
"METALS" by Sir Harold CARPENTER & J.M.ROBERTSON (Vol.II). 1200 Table 190 (561) page 1372. Mechanical Properties of Annealed Sheets of Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys | Magnesium per cent. | Yield-point tons per sq.in. | Tensile strength, tons per sq.in. | Elongation per cent. | |---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------| | 1 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 29.0 | | 2 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 25.0 | | 3 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 24.0 | | 4 | 7.6 | 15.0 | 24.0 | | 5 | 8.3 | 17.1 | 22.0 | | 6 | 9.6 | 20.0 | 22.0 | | 7 | 10.7 | 22.5 | 21.0 | | 8 | 12.2 | 24.5 | 21.0 | | 9 | 13.5 | 25.0 | 20.0 | Table 239 - page 1440. Mechanical Properties. (Magnesium) | Condition | Tensile strength tons per sq.in. | Elongation per cent. on 2 ins. | Reduction in area | Brinell hardness. | |-------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------| | Sand-cast | 5.8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | | Extruded | 12.5 | 8 | 8 | 35 | | Rolled | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | | Annealed | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | | ||