Aluminum Lithium Alloys: Process Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, and Welding provides theoretical foundations of the technological processes for melting, casting, forming, heat treatment, and welding of Al Li alloys. It contains a critical survey of the research in the field and presents data on commercial Al Li alloys, their phase composition, microstructure, and heat treatment of the ingots, sheets, forgings, and welds of Al Li alloys. It details oxidation kinetics, protective alloying, hydrogen in Al Li alloys, and crack susceptibility. It also discusses grain structure and...