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    Magnalium is an alloy of magnesium and aluminum. It contains between 1-10% magnesium and 85-95% aluminum, along with small amounts of other metals. Magnalium has greater corrosion resistance and lower density than pure aluminum. It is made by melting aluminum with 2-10% magnesium in a vacuum. Analysis of magnalium involves dissolving a sample in acid, then using gravimetric and complexometric methods to estimate the aluminum and magnesium content. Aluminum is precipitated as its oxinate complex and weighed, while magnesium is titrated with EDTA after removing aluminum.

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    Magnalium is an alloy of magnesium and aluminum. It contains between 1-10% magnesium and 85-95% aluminum, along with small amounts of other metals. Magnalium has greater corrosion resistance and lower density than pure aluminum. It is made by melting aluminum with 2-10% magnesium in a vacuum. Analysis of magnalium involves dissolving a sample in acid, then using gravimetric and complexometric methods to estimate the aluminum and magnesium content. Aluminum is precipitated as its oxinate complex and weighed, while magnesium is titrated with EDTA after removing aluminum.

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    Magnalium is an alloy of magnesium and aluminum. It contains between 1-10% magnesium and 85-95% aluminum, along with small amounts of other metals. Magnalium has greater corrosion resistance and lower density than pure aluminum. It is made by melting aluminum with 2-10% magnesium in a vacuum. Analysis of magnalium involves dissolving a sample in acid, then using gravimetric and complexometric methods to estimate the aluminum and magnesium content. Aluminum is precipitated as its oxinate complex and weighed, while magnesium is titrated with EDTA after removing aluminum.

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    Magnalium is an alloy of magnesium and aluminum. It contains between 1-10% magnesium and 85-95% aluminum, along with small amounts of other metals. Magnalium has greater corrosion resistance and lower density than pure aluminum. It is made by melting aluminum with 2-10% magnesium in a vacuum. Analysis of magnalium involves dissolving a sample in acid, then using gravimetric and complexometric methods to estimate the aluminum and magnesium content. Aluminum is precipitated as its oxinate complex and weighed, while magnesium is titrated with EDTA after removing aluminum.

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    Laeticia Rodrigues

    P21008
    M.Sc Part II
    Metallurgy assignment

    MAGNALIUM
    Magnalium is an alloy of Magnesium and aluminium. Magnalium with lesser amount of
    magnesium exhibits greater corrosion resistance, and lower density than pure aluminium,
    whereas magnalium with high amounts of magnesium (around 50%) are brittle and more
    susceptible to corrosion than aluminium. Magnalium powder also burns with a crackling
    sound if burnt by itself, and provides a good compromise between the reactivity of
    magnesium and the stability of aluminium. It is made by melting the aluminium with 2-10%
    magnesium in a vacuum and then cooling it in a vacuum or under a pressure of 100 to 200
    atm. Magnalium is light in weight and brittle. This alloy possesses poor castability and good
    machinability and can be easily welded. Due to its light weight and good mechanical
    properties, it is mainly used for making aircraft and automobile components.

    PRINCIPLE:
    Aluminium is present as the major (base) metal and magnesium as trace impurity. Magnalium
    is obtained by dissolving the alloy in 4N H2SO4.
    Aluminium is estimated gravimetrically as its oxinate with oxine reagent. Magnesium is
    estimated complexometrically after precipitating Al as Al(OH)3 with EDTA solution.

    COMPOSITION:

    Common Magnalium alloy used for bulk materials consists of 95% Al and 5% Mg by weight.
    It also contains copper, nickel and tin etc. in trace amounts. The alloy used in pyrotechnic
    mixtures consists of 50% Aluminium and 50% Magnesium, which is why this alloy is
    sometimes wrote as AlMg 50:50.
    Al = 85 to 95%
    Mg = 1 to 5%
    Cu = 0 to 2.5%
    Sn = 0 to 3%
    Mn = 0 to 0.03%
    Si = 0 to 0.6%
    ANALYSIS:
    Opening of alloy: -
    1. Weigh about 0.5 g of the alloy.
    2. Transfer it to a beaker and add 25 cm3 of 4N H2SO4 and heat till the alloy dissolves.
    3. Dilute the contents to 250 cm3 standard flask using distilled water.

    Estimation of Aluminium: -
    Aluminium forms an oxine complex that can be quantitatively precipitated from aqueous
    solution between pH 4.2-9.8; it can thus be precipitated from an acetic acid - acetate buffer
    solution or from an ammoniacal solution. The precipitate is crystalline and can be readily
    dried between 102 - 120°C. Precipitation from an acetic acid - acetate buffer solution serves
    to separate aluminium from beryllium, barium, calcium, strontium, and magnesium which are
    often associated with aluminium.
    1. Pipette 10 cm3 of the alloy solution into a beaker. Add about 150 cm3 of distilled
    water containing 1 cm3 of 0.1 M HCl and warm the solution to 60 - 70 o C.
    2. Add 20 cm3 of a 2% solution of oxine (8-hydroxyquinoline) in 2 M acetic acid, then
    slowly add a 2 M solution of ammonium acetate until a precipitate forms, (if one is
    not already formed).
    3. Then add a further 25 cm3 of 2 M ammonium acetate for each 100 cm3 of solution. It
    should be faintly yellow at this stage, indicating that oxine is present in slight excess.
    4. Allow the liquid to stand for one hour with frequent stirring then filter through a
    weighed No. 4 sintered glass crucible.
    5. Wash the precipitate thoroughly with cold distilled water, dry at 102 - 120 o C, cool
    and weigh.
    6. Calculate the concentration of aluminium in the solution.

    Estimation of Magnesium: -
    1. Pipette out 25cm3 of alloy solution.
    2. Add 5g of NH4Cl and liquor NH3 till precipitation is complete.
    3. Digest the precipitate of Al(OH)3 on water bath for 30 minutes.
    4. Filter through Whatman filter paper no. 41. Wash the ppt with liq.HN3.
    5. Collect filtrate and washings in a beaker and concentrate to less than 100 cm3.
    6. Dilute the above solution to 100cm3.
    7. Pipette out 10 cm3 of this solution in a conical flask. Add 10cm3 of buffer (pH=10).
    8. To this solution add 2-3 drops of Eriochrome black T indicator
    9. Titrate against 0.01M EDTA solution till colour changes from wine red to blue.
    10. Calculate the amount and percentage of magnesium present in magnalium alloy.

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