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Future sustainable and green energy requires new metal alloys that are lightweight, strong, and have the ability to be recycled efficiently. Light metal alloys, most notably those based on aluminium, are widely used in the housing, automotive, and aerospace industries due to their excellent mechanical properties (e.g., low specific weight, medium to high strength, good formability, corrosion resistance, and recyclability). The Metallurgy & Materials Technology Research Unit focuses on the improvement and further development of similar metal alloys whose excellent properties will meet industries’ future demand.

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Heat Treatment

The microstructural behaviour and the mechanical properties under the effect of different thermal treatments are a major focus of Metallurgy & Materials Technology Research Unit. Low specific weight, strength and formability can all be controlled by applying the correct heat treatment. Thus, we try to develop the most suitable heat treatment profiles to ensure minimum energy consumption in industrial production lines.

 
Wrought Alloys

There are two main categories of aluminium alloys: cast and wrought alloys. Cast alloys are alloys cast to their final shapes, while wrought alloys undergo subsequent processes after casting (e.g. homogenization, hot rolling, cold rolling, etc.) to achieve the required shapes and properties. In the Metallurgy & Materials Technology Research Unit, we focus on wrought alloys especially the age-hardenable 6xxx (Al-Mg-Si-Cu) and 7xxx (Al-Mg-Zn-Cu) alloys, which are widely used in the automobile and aerospace industries