Partinium
Partinium is an aluminum alloy .
Components
The alloy consists of 88.5% aluminum , 7.4% copper , 1.7% zinc , 1.1% silicon and 1.3% iron (the quantities given vary depending on the source). It is very light, strong and elastic and was first used in France (in a slightly different composition with tungsten and magnesium ) for bicycles and automobile parts.
According to the Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung (Volume 60) of 1901, the Usines de Partinium in Paris produced this alloy. It is named after its inventor GH Partin .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ David Bourgarit, Jean Plateau: Quand l'aluminum Valait de l'or: peut-on reconnaître un aluminum "chimique" d'un aluminum "électrolytique"? , ArchéoSciences, 29, 2005, pp. 95-105
- ↑ Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung, Volume 60
- ^ Monographs on applied electrochemistry , Verlag W. Knapp, 1902