Nonferrous metallurgy - light metals: aluminum, beryllium, titanium, and magnesium

Abstract

This is the seventeenth review on nonferrous metallurgical analysis and covers the two-year period from September 1976 through August 1978 as documented by Chemical Abstracts, Analytical Abstracts, World Aluminum Abstracts, and Government Reports Announcements. The following journals also were surveyed for the same period: Analytical Chemistry, Applied Spectroscopy, Analytica Chimica Acta, The Analyst, and Talanta. Wherever possible, the abstract number of the abstracting service has been included in the bibliographic citation.As in the past (223), this review is limited to those analytical methods of interest in the nonferrous metals industry. Many interesting methods potentially applicable to this field are not included because of space considerations. However, some general methods are included because they appear to the authors to be particularly useful or novel.One book related to the analysis of light metals was published in Russia by Tikhonov (2,56) entitled: "Determination of Aluminum in Metals and Alloys." A revised edition of a commonly used reference book by Sandell: "Colorimatric Determination of Traces of Metals" was also issued (4th ed., Wiley, New York, 1978). PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE CONSTITUENTSA compilation of procedures for the determination of multiple constituents in light metal materials is given in Table I. Some of these procedures will be highlighted in the following sections which are arranged according to those instrumental techniques most commonly used in the light metals industry.