Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Modern Al – Li alloys and prospects of their development

  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Published:
Metal Science and Heat Treatment Aims and scope

Development of aluminum alloys with lithium additives is analyzed since the 1960s until present. A detailed description of alloys of the Al – Mg – Li and Al – Cu – Li systems is presented, their advantages, disadvantages and prospects of application are analyzed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. I. N. Fridlyander, K. V. Chuistov, A. L. Berezina, and N. I. Kolobnev, Aluminum-Lithium Alloys. Structure and Properties [in Russian], Naukova Dumka, Kiev (1992), 190 p.

  2. B. I. Pasynkov, S. M. Mozharovskii, and S. B. Komarov, “Development of the process of production of ingots and semiproducts from Al0Li alloys at the KUMZ,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 3, 91–3 (1996).

  3. B. V. Ovsyannikov, “Special features of the behavior of multicomponent fluxes in casting of Al – Li alloys,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 21–26 (1996).

  4. S. F. Danilov, N. N. Kirkina, L. A. Kurtasova, and T. A. Gorokhova, “Structure, mechanical and corrosion properties of cold-rolled sheets from alloy 1421,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 29–32 (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  5. V. D. Makarov, L. B. Khokhlatova, E. Yu. Semenova, and N. I. Kolobnev, “Pore formation in the process of superplastic deformation of alloys 1420 and 1423,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 50–53 (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  6. I. N. Fridlyander, V. G. Davydov, V. I. Elagin, et al., “Aluminum-base alloy and articles from it, RF Patent No. 2126456,” Appl. 22.09.97, Publ. 20.02.99, Byull. Izobr. Polezn. Modeli, No. 5.

  7. L. L. Rokhlin and T. V. Dobatkina, “Special features of multicomponent phase diagrams of Al – Li alloys,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 13–17 (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  8. L. N. Leshchiner, L. V. Latukina, and T. P. Fedorenko, “Alloys 1404 and 1441 of the Al – Cu – Mg – Li system,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 44–47 (1992).

  9. N. I. Kolobnev and L. B. Khokhlatova, “Properties and structure of sheets from alloy 1430,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 47–50 (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  10. V. I. Elagin, V. A. Tarasov, N. M. Shcheglova, and V. I. Popov, “About the production of sheets from an alloy of the Al – Li – Cu – Mg system with controlled structure,” in: The Technology of Processing of Light and Special Alloys [in Russian], VILS, Moscow (1994), pp. 252–260.

  11. I. N. Fridlyander, N. I. Kolobnev, L. B. Khokhlatova, et al., “Effect of recrystallization in alloys of the Al – Mg – Li – Cu system,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 32–35 (1996).

  12. V. V. Zakharov and T. D. Rostova, “Role of shear bands in sheets from Al – Li alloys,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 35–40 (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  13. V. G. Davydov, L. B. Ber, M. V. Samarina, et al., “Possibility of improving ductility in cold rolling of Al – Li alloys,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 26–32 (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  14. V. I. Elagin, A. I. Orlov, N. M. Shcheglova, et al., “A study of the effect of LTMT on the properties of sheets from alloys 1452, 1430, and 1441,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 5, 40–44 (1996).

    Google Scholar 

  15. F. M. Elkin, N. I. Naryshkina, L. B. Ber, and A. I. Orlov, “Structure and properties of alloys 1440 and 1450 as a function of the degree of cold deformation,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 19–24 (1992).

  16. R. Sawtell, J. Liu, J. Newman, et al., Alcoa Report “Advanced Al-Alloys and Products for The Aerospace Industry,” 26 Aug. (2009), 42 p.

  17. I. N. Fridlyander, O. E. Grushko, V. V. Antipov, et al., “Reduced-density alloy V-1469 of the Al – Cu – Li – Mg system with a silver additive,” in: 75 Years. Aircraft Materials [in Russian], VIAM, Moscow (2007), pp. 163–171.

  18. N. I. Kolobnev, O. A. Setinov, L. B. Khokhlatova, and M. S. Oglodkov, “Effect of crystallographic orientations on the properties of plates from Al – Li alloys,” Tekhnol. Legk. Splav., No. 1, 100–106 (2010).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. All-Russia Institute for Light Alloys (VILS JSC), Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Elagin & V. V. Zakharov

Authors
  1. V. I. Elagin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. V. Zakharov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V. V. Zakharov.

Additional information

Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 4, pp. 17 – 23, April, 2013.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Elagin, V.I., Zakharov, V.V. Modern Al – Li alloys and prospects of their development. Met Sci Heat Treat 55, 184–190 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-013-9603-y

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-013-9603-y

Key words

Search

Navigation