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The GDA library is the largest German library on the subject of aluminium and one of the largest libraries in this specialist field worldwide. The collection of books and articles on the metal goes back to the 1930s.

The library is accessible to the general public and in addition to literature on aluminium it also contains information on magnesium and titanium. The library’s archives contain one of the most extensive collections of information on aluminium – all well documented and edited.

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The library contains about 3500 reference books, 8000 articles, 4000 bound annual volumes of specialist journals, numerous research reports and congress papers, as well as company house journals.

Over 60 national and international specialist journals are regularly evaluated and all articles on and about aluminium are catalogued in an electronic database.

Interested parties from all special fields – employees from the aluminium industry, PhD students, students, schoolchildren and private individuals, can conduct literature searches in the fields of mechanical engineering, transport and transportation, building and construction, and environmental technology either in the library or online.

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Specialist fields

The information is divided into 25 main groups and over 1000 subgroups, starting with the extraction of aluminium and material properties, and including machining and processing through to the various fields of application of aluminium.

List of main groups

A	General sciences, also microeconomic affairs, environment protection
B	Aluminium industry
C	Mining, production
D	Material properties
E	Materials, metal sciences
F	Material testing (equipment und procedures)
G	Corrosion
H	Processing first step
I	Heat treatment
J	Shape casting processes
K	Chipless forming
L	Reduce to chip form
M	Joining
N	Design
O	Surface treatment
P	Application
Q	Building and construction
R	Apparatus engineering for chemical industry
S	Food, packaging
T	Electrical engineering
U	Other applications
V	Transportation
X	Military applications
Y	Other materials
Z	Miscellaneous

Contact person

Dr. Karsten Hein
Tel.: (+49) 211 - 47 96 - 276
Fax: (+49) 211 - 47 96 - 410

Contact

Noteworthy

You can visit the library monday to thursday. We would recomment to call us and make an appointment before the visit. It is not possible to lend books or newspapers, but you can copy them locally to common rates.

Noteworthy

The element aluminium was discovered in 1825 by the Dane Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) during the elemental decomposition of alaun soil.The name derives itself from the latin origin alumen ("Alaun"). Friedrich Wöhler (1800-1882) produced pure aluminium by reduction of aluminium chloride and potassium in 1827.

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Ecological Responsibility
Aluminium is a multifunctional, durable and easily recyclable material. Its properties make applications that save energy in a lasting and efficient manner possible in building and construction, transport and transportation, plant engineering and construction, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and in many other fields.

More Information about Sustainability

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Building & Architecture: Durable & Corrosion Resistant
Functionality, economic efficiency, aesthetics and ecological compatibility. Contemporary building is more than just a utilitarian erection of structures. Also thanks to aluminium - the building material for the modern age.

Info about Building

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The Metal Aluminium
The most important properties of aluminium are its light weight coupled with high strength, its good conductivity of electricity and heat, particularly good corrosion resistance, including resistance to water and chemicals, and its excellent recyclability.

More about the Metal Aluminium

Your contact person in charge of this page: Dr. Karsten Hein