Abstract: New 5xxx aluminum alloys and products made therefrom are disclosed. In one approach, a new 5xxx aluminum alloy may include from 3.5 to 4.6 wt. % Mg, from 0.5 to 1.3 wt. % Mn, from 0.08 to 0.15 wt. % Sc, from 0.05 to 0.15 wt. % Zr, up to 0.8 wt. % Zn, up to 0.20 wt. % Cr, up to 0.20 wt. % V, up to 0.20 wt. % Cu, up to 0.15 wt. % Ti, up to 0.10 wt. % Fe, up to 0.10 wt. % Si, the balance being aluminum, incidental elements and impurities. The 5xxx aluminum alloy sheet product may include, for instance, at least 0.5 vol. % of beta phase particles.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved thick wrought 7xxx aluminum alloy products, and methods for producing the same. The new 7xxx aluminum alloy products may realize an improved combination of properties, such as an improved combination of two or more of environmentally assisted crack resistance, strength, elongation, and fracture toughness, among other properties. The new 7xxx aluminum alloy products may include 5.5-6.5 wt. % Zn, 1.3-1.7 wt. % Mg, and 1.7-2.3 wt. % Cu.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved thick wrought 7xxx aluminum alloy products, and methods for producing the same. The new 7xxx aluminum alloy products may realize an improved combination of environmentally assisted crack resistance and at least one of strength, elongation, and fracture toughness, among other properties. The new 7xxx aluminum alloy products generally include high amounts of manganese. The new 7xxx aluminum alloy products thus generally include from 0.15 to 0.50 wt. % Mn in combination with 5.5-7.5 wt. % Zn, 0.95-2.20 wt. % Mg, and 1.50-2.40 wt. % Cu.

Abstract: New aluminum alloys having iron and one or more rare earth elements are disclosed. The new alloys may include from 1 to 15 wt. % Fe and from 1 to 20 wt. % of the rare earth element(s), the balance aluminum and any optional incidental elements and impurities. The new aluminum alloys may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: The present application discloses wrought 2xxx Al—Li alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new metal powders for use in additive manufacturing, and aluminum alloy products made from such metal powders via additive manufacturing. The composition(s) and/or physical properties of the metal powders may be tailored. In turn, additive manufacturing may be used to produce a tailored aluminum alloy product.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new nickel-iron-aluminum-chromium based alloys. Generally, the new alloys contain 20-40 at. % Ni, 15-40 at. % Fe, 5-20 at % Al, and 5-26 at. % Cr, the balance being optional incidental elements and unavoidable impurities. Generally, methods for producing the new alloys include one or more of heating a mixture above its liquidus temperature, then cooling the mixture below its solidus temperature, optionally hot and/or cold working the solid material into a final product form, then heating and quenching the solid material, and precipitation hardening the solid material.

Abstract: A recrystallized aluminum alloy having brass texture and Goss texture, wherein the amount of brass texture exceeds the amount of Goss texture, and wherein the recrystallized aluminum alloy exhibits at least about the same tensile yield strength and fracture toughness as a compositionally equivalent unrecrystallized alloy of the same product form and of similar thickness and temper.

Abstract: A recrystallized aluminum alloy having brass texture and Goss texture, wherein the amount of brass texture exceeds the amount of Goss texture, and wherein the recrystallized aluminum alloy exhibits at least about the same tensile yield strength and fracture toughness as a compositionally equivalent unrecrystallized alloy of the same product form and of similar thickness and temper.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new metal powders, wires and other physical forms for use in additive manufacturing, welding and cladding, and multi-component alloy products made from such metal powders, wires and forms via additive manufacturing, welding and cladding. The composition(s) and/or physical properties of the metal powders, wires or forms may be tailored. In turn, additive manufacturing, welding and cladding may be used to produce a tailored multi-component alloy product.

Abstract: New aluminum alloys having iron, vanadium, silicon, and copper, and with a high volume of ceramic phase therein are disclosed. The new products may include from 3 to 12 wt. % Fe, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % V, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % Si, from 1.0 to 6 wt. % Cu, from 1 to 30 vol. % ceramic phase, the balance being aluminum and impurities. The ceramic phase may be homogenously distributed within the alloy matrix.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aluminum-based products having 1-30 vol. % of a ceramic phase. The aluminum alloy products may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques to facilitate production of the aluminum-based products having the 1-30 vol. % of the ceramic phase.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aluminum-based products having 1-30 vol. % of a ceramic phase. The aluminum alloy products may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques to facilitate production of the aluminum-based products having the 1-30 vol. % of the ceramic phase.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new metal powders for use in additive manufacturing, and aluminum alloy products made from such metal powders via additive manufacturing. The composition(s) and/or physical properties of the metal powders may be tailored. In turn, additive manufacturing may be used to produce a tailored aluminum alloy product.

Abstract: New aluminum alloys having iron, vanadium, silicon and copper are disclosed. The new alloys may include from 3 to 12 wt. % Fe, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % V, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % Si, and from 1.0 to 6 wt. % Cu, the balance being aluminum and impurities. The new aluminum alloys may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques, which may facilitate rapid solidification of a molten pool of the aluminum alloy.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present application discloses wrought 2xxx Al—Li alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature.

Abstract: The present application discloses wrought 2xxx Al—Li alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature.

Abstract: 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.