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David Allen | Emeritus Professor | Cranfield University | UK Photochemical Machining of Aerospace Materials
Issue 131 July 2018 PCMI Journal 54
5/31/18
Powderless etching of magnesium plates
Magnesium applications in Aerospace
• Magnesium aerospace parts were used in the B-36 bomber and the smaller Northrop XP-56.
• The Convair RB-36D Peacemaker was the world’s largest bomber and contained 19,000 pounds (approximately 9 tonnes) of magnesium as referenced in
R.E. Brown, Magnesium in the 21st Century, Advanced Materials and Processes, Jan. 2009, 31-3
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