Duralumin is an English word with synonyms like alloy or metal. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Duralumin in a sentence
Duralumin meaning
An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.
Using Duralumin
- The main meaning on this page is: An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.
- Useful related words include: alloy, metal.
Context around Duralumin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Duralumin
- In this selection, "duralumin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, scorched, super, bulletproof, hindenburg, esd and structure stand out and add context to how "duralumin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 40s when duralumin was used and citation the duralumin framework of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "duralumin" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with duralumin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Which gives away its age — the metal, now commonplace, became popular in the ’40s, when duralumin was used to build warplanes. (21 words)
Hydrogen fires had previously destroyed many other airships. citation The duralumin framework of Hindenburg was salvaged and shipped back to Germany. (21 words)
Design and development main The Hindenburg under construction The Hindenburg had a duralumin structure, incorporating 15 Ferris wheel -like bulkheads along its length, with 16 cotton gas bags fitted between them. (31 words)
Robinson 1973, pp. 89-90 The pre-war M-class designs were quickly enlarged, to produce the convert long duralumin P-class, which increased gas capacity from convert to convert, introduced a fully enclosed gondola and an extra engine. (39 words)
A fire-scorched duralumin Hindenburg cross brace salvaged from the crash site The exact location of the initial fire, its source of ignition, and the initial source of fuel remain subjects of debate. (33 words)
Called Extra Super Duralumin (ESD), it was lighter, stronger and more ductile than other alloys (e.g. 24S alloy) used at the time, but was prone to corrosive attack, which made it brittle. (33 words)
Example sentences (8)
Which gives away its age — the metal, now commonplace, became popular in the ’40s, when duralumin was used to build warplanes.
A fire-scorched duralumin Hindenburg cross brace salvaged from the crash site The exact location of the initial fire, its source of ignition, and the initial source of fuel remain subjects of debate.
Called Extra Super Duralumin (ESD), it was lighter, stronger and more ductile than other alloys (e.g. 24S alloy) used at the time, but was prone to corrosive attack, which made it brittle.
Design and development main The Hindenburg under construction The Hindenburg had a duralumin structure, incorporating 15 Ferris wheel -like bulkheads along its length, with 16 cotton gas bags fitted between them.
Hawkeye: Blindspot 2 (May 2011) Captain America's uniform is made of a fire-retardant material, and he wears a lightweight, bulletproof duralumin scale armor beneath his uniform for added protection.
Hydrogen fires had previously destroyed many other airships. citation The duralumin framework of Hindenburg was salvaged and shipped back to Germany.
It used the traditional Hawker construction techniques, with a Warren truss box-girder primary fuselage structure with high-tensile steel longerons and duralumin cross-bracing using mechanically fastened rather than welded joints.
Robinson 1973, pp. 89-90 The pre-war M-class designs were quickly enlarged, to produce the convert long duralumin P-class, which increased gas capacity from convert to convert, introduced a fully enclosed gondola and an extra engine.