Aluminum
Local Trivia
Exotic metals
Challenge Q's
100

What aluminum alloy is the best thermal and electrical conductor?

What is pure (99%) or 1000 series aluminum?

100

Name the two LBCC women's sports teams and the two men's Sports teams.

What is Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball and Baseball?


BONUS Q:  Name the coach with most wins & division titles.

100

Most of the Aerospace cast parts made locally are made from what base element?

What is Titanium?

100

The elements making up Brass?

What is Copper and Zinc?


BONUS Q:  What is Bronze?

200

Most common Aluminum Filler Rod for welding.

What is 4043 Aluminum?

200

This Government Agency was tasked by Admiral Rickover of the US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program to develop the process of Zirconium production in the 1940"s here in Albany, OR.

What is the Albany (US) Bureau of Mines?

200

This company makes most of the Zirconium tubing for the US Navy Nuclear propulsion aircraft carriers and submarines.

Who is ATI Millersburg?

200

Old school term for Aluminum GTAW welding.

What is Heliarc?


BONUS Q: What's the shielding gas?

300

Most commonly Welded aluminum alloy.

What is 6061 Aluminum?

300

Name the newest Titanium manufacturing company in the Albany/Millersburg area.

Who is Ti-Squared?

300

One of the most commonly used Titanium alloys used in aerospace is Ti 6-4 or "Ti - Aluminide".  What are the two primary alloying elements?

What is aluminum and Vanadium?

300

The Lower Critical Temperature for Carbon Steel as published in Metals and How to Weld Them.

What is 1,333 degree Fahrenheit?

400

What is the approximate Aluminum Density compared to steel?

Steel is about 2.5 times more dense than Aluminum.


400

The name of a group of roadrunners.

What is a Marathon of Roadrunners?

400

This process was named for the guy that perfected the extraction/production of Zirconium and Titanium in the 1940's that is still used today.

What is the Kroll Process?  (or who is Dr. Kroll?)

400

The Curie Temperature, which coincidently is the same as the lower critical temperature for Carbon Steel is defined as what?

What is the temperature when carbon steel becomes non-magnetic?

500

AL2O3

What is aluminum Oxide?


BONUS Q:  Briefly explain the issue with AL2O3 and GTAW Welding.

500

LBCC current College President.

Who is Dr. Lisa Avery?

500

When making Zirconium tubing, this material which is opaque to neutron radiation or "catches" neutrons is a byproduct.

What is Hafnium?

500

This military vehicle was the first armored personnel carrier manufactured from Aluminum for the US armed forces.

What is the Bradley fighting personnel carrier?