siluminn.
/ˈsɪljʊmɪn/ Metallurgy.
Any of a series of casting alloys of aluminium containing about 9 to 13 per cent silicon.
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aluminium bronze1856
aluminide1859
aluminum bronze1860
minargent1869
aluminum brass1881
aluminium brass1886
romanium1897
magnalium1900
Duralumin1910
silumin1922
Alclad1927
dural1937
1922 Chem. Abstr. 16 3861 Silumin... A new Al-Si alloy has been prepd. at the Metallbank in Frankfurt.
1930 Engineering 18 Apr. 508/1 This difficulty was partly overcome by resting the tent on slabs of Silumin.
1967 Chem. Abstr. 66 21573 Effect of 0·0016–0·00072% Na on the kinetics of gas absorption under a steam-satd. atm. was investigated on silumins differing only in the initial Na content.
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