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    NioCorp Plans to Produce Scandium Master Alloy to Supply Lightweight Parts to Vehicles

    Aluminum alloys containing scandium offer high-strength, corrosion-resistant, weldable alternatives to existing aluminum options and deliver significant property improvements and light-weighting opportunities, particularly in transportation applications. Military and strategic applications are expected to be significant as well. In order to serve this demand, NioCorp Developments Ltd. plans to produce an aluminum-scandium master alloy (Al-Sc MA) product from […]

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    ARTICLE: The Importance of Aluminum Alloying Elements and Their Sources

    By Jessica Elder, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Jack Cowie and John Weritz, The Aluminum Association. Although pure aluminum is utilized in many important products (such as electrical cables), alloying aluminum with other elements is crucial to achieve the mechanical, formability, and other performance specifications that are required for the use of aluminum in a majority […]