Engineering Materials and Metallurgy: Unit III: Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals
Non-Ferrous Materials
Introduction
All the metallic elements other than iron are referred to as non- ferrous materials.
NON-FERROUS MATERIALS ✓ All the metallic elements other than iron are referred to as non- ferrous materials. ✓ In other words, non-ferrous materials are those metals which contain elements other than iron as their chief constituent. ✓ Even though non-ferrous materials are not produced in as great tonnages and are more costly than ferrous materials (steel and cast iron), the non-ferrous materials are widely employed in current engineering industries due to the following characteristics↑: 1. Lighter in weight. 2. Higher electrical and thermal conductivity. 3. Better resistance to corrosion. 4. Ease of fabrication (casting, rolling, forging, welding, and machining). 5. Colour. ✓ Various non-ferrous materials: Of all the non-ferrous materials, the important non-ferrous materials used in engineering practice are : 1. Copper, 2. Aluminium, 3. Lead, 4. Magnesium, 5. Nickel, 6. Tin, 7. Titanium, and 8. Zinc. Now, we shall discuss about copper and its alloys, and aluminium and its alloys, in detail, in the following sections. † These characteristics are the distinct limitations of the ferrous materials.1. Introduction
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