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Recent Journal of Magnesium and Alloys Articles
Corrosion rate determination of rare-earth Mg alloys in a Na2SO4 solution by electrochemical measurements and inductive coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy
Available online 12 January 2019
Samuel Leleu | Bertrand Rives | Nicolas Causse | Nadine Pébère
The corrosion resistance of three Mg alloys containing rare-earth elements (WE43, EV31 and ZE41) was studied and compared to that of two Mg-Al alloys (AZ31 and AZ91) and of pure Mg (99.95 wt.%). Current-voltage...
Corrosion protection of AZ91D magnesium alloy by a cerium-molybdenum coating-The effect of citric acid as an additive
December 2018
I.L. Lehr | S.B. Saidman
In order to improve the corrosion resistance of AZ91D magnesium alloy, a coating was formed by a potentiostatic technique from a solutions containing Ce(NO3)3, Na2MoO4 and citric acid (H3Cit). The degree...
Stress corrosion cracking of EV31A in 0.1 M Na2SO4 saturated with Mg(OH)2
December 2018
Yifeng Li | Yushan Zhou | Zhiming Shi | Jeffrey Venezuela | Akif Soltan | Andrej Atrens
This paper studied the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of EV31A in 0.1 M Na2SO4 saturated with Mg(OH)2 using linearly increasing stress tests, compared with pure Mg and WE43B. All three materials were...
The corrosion behavior and mechanical property of the Mg–7Y–xNd ternary alloys
December 2018
Quantong Jiang | Xianzi Lv | Dongzhu Lu | Jie Zhang | Baorong Hou
The corrosion behavior and mechanical property of Mg–7Y–xNd (x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 wt%) alloys were investigated. The microstructure and precipitations of Mg–7Y–xNd alloys were studied by scanning electron...
Super-hydrophobic stearic acid layer formed on anodized high purified magnesium for improving corrosion resistance of bioabsorbable implants
December 2018
Sohrab Khalifeh | T. David Burleigh
Magnesium and its alloys are ideal candidates for bioabsorbable implants. However, they can dissolve too rapidly in the human body for most applications. In this research, high purified magnesium (HP-Mg)...
Effect of Si addition on microstructure and wear properties of Mg-Sn as-cast alloys
December 2018
Erdem Karakulak | Yusuf Burak Küçüker
Effect of Si addition on microstructure, hardness and wear resistance of as cast Mg-5Sn and Mg-10Sn alloys were investigated. For this purpose alloys with wt.-% 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 Si were cast using an...
Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction, microstructural and mechanical studies of magnesium matrix composites processed by high energy ball milling
December 2018
T. Ramkumar | M. Selvakumar | R. Vasanthsankar | A.S. Sathishkumar | P. Narayanasamy | G. Girija
This research reports the processing of magnesium matrix composites reinforced with silicon carbide (SiC) and aluminium oxide (Al2O3) using powder metallurgy technique through high energy milling. Samples...
Atomistic calculations of surface and interfacial energies of Mg17Al12–Mg system
December 2018
F.X. Wang | B. Li
It is well known that precipitation hardening in magnesium (Mg) alloys is far less effective than in aluminum alloys. Thus, it is important to understand the surface and interfacial structure and energetics...
Effect of process parameters on depth of penetration and topography of AZ91 magnesium alloy in abrasive water jet cutting
December 2018
C A Niranjan | S Srinivas | M Ramachandra
In the present study, the influence of dynamic process parameters such as water pressure, traverse speed and abrasive mass flow rate on depth of penetration and surface topography in high strength AZ91...
Review on friction stir welding of magnesium alloys
December 2018
Kulwant Singh | Gurbhinder Singh | Harmeet Singh
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is considered to be the most significant development in metal joining in last two decades. FSW has many advantages when welding magnesium or lightweight alloys. The Friction...
The corrosion behavior of AZ31 alloy in chloride and sulfate media – A comparative study through electrochemical investigations
Available online 29 December 2018
M. Gururaj Acharya | A. Nityanansda Shetty
The magnesium alloys are considered to be the best structural materials, because of their advantageous weight to strength ratio. But, the limitation in their real field applications lies on the fact...
Kinetics in Mg-based hydrogen storage materials: Enhancement and mechanism
Available online 28 December 2018
Qun Luo | Jianding Li | Bo Li | Bin Liu | Huaiyu Shao | Qian Li
Mg-based materials have been intensively studied for hydrogen storage applications due to their high energy density up to 2600 Wh/kg or 3700 Wh/L. However, the Mg-based materials with poor kinetics...
Structural, phonon, elastic, thermodynamic and electronic properties of Mg-X (X = La, Nd, Sm) intermetallics: The first principles study
Available online 27 December 2018
S. Rameshkumar | G. Jaiganesh | V. Jayalakshmi
We show the results of first-principles calculations of structural, phonon, elastic, thermal and electronic properties of the Mg-X intermetallics in their respective ground state phase and meta-stable...
Microstructural evolution, mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance of a heat-treated Mg alloy for the bio-medical application
Available online 27 December 2018
Mohammad Janbozorgi | Kimia Karimi Taheri | Ali Karimi Taheri
During the recent years, some Mg based alloys have extensively been considered as a new generation of degradable and absorbable bio-medical materials. In this work, the Mg–2Zn–1Gd–1Ca (wt%) alloy as...
Microstructure and texture evolution of AZ31 Mg alloy after uniaxial compression and annealing
Available online 27 December 2018
Fadi Abouhilou | Abdelkader Hanna | Hiba Azzeddine | Djamel Bradai
The effect of initial texture on the microstructure and texture evolution of as extruded AZ31 alloy after hot uniaxial compression at 430 °C and subsequent annealing at 450 °C for 72h has been investigated...
Magnesium matrix composites for biomedical applications: A review
Available online 26 December 2018
Vijay Kumar Bommala | Mallarapu Gopi Krishna | Ch Tirumala Rao
In recent years, a new wave of bioactive, biocompatibility and biodegradable metallic materials were developed for orthopedic applications. Pure Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium alloy-based composites...
Optimization of plasma electrolyte oxidation process parameters for corrosion resistance of Mg alloy
Available online 12 December 2018
Z. Shahri | S.R. Allahkaram | R. Soltani | H. Jafari
Plasma electrolyte oxidation (PEO) is a surface treatment method with high dependency on the process parameters. This paper focuses on maximizing the corrosion resistance of PEO coatings applied on...
Effect of ZRB2-modified on microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Zn-Y-Mn alloy
September 2018
Zhe Zhang | Yatong Zhang | Jinshan Zhang | Yi Li | Yanbin Ma | Chunxiang Xu
The ZrB2 particles firstly modified Mg94Zn2.5Y2.5Mn1 alloy. And the microstructures and mechanical performances of the modified alloys were studied systematically. The results showed that the moderate...
Effect of RE elements on the microstructural and mechanical properties of as-cast and age hardening processed Mg–4Al–2Sn alloy
September 2018
Amir Mahyar Majd | Mohammad Farzinfar | Matin Pashakhanlou | Mohammad Javad Nayyeri
In the present article, the effect of Rare Earth elements on the microstructural development and mechanical properties of as cast and age treated Mg–4Al–2Sn (AT42) alloy is studied. Investigation has...
Recent developments in high-strength Mg-RE-based alloys: Focusing on Mg-Gd and Mg-Y systems
September 2018
Jinghuai Zhang | Shujuan Liu | Ruizhi Wu | Legan Hou | Milin Zhang
Higher strength is always the goal pursued by researchers for the structural materials, especially for the lightweight magnesium (Mg) alloys which generally have relatively low strength at present....
Design of experiment study on hardness variations in friction stir welding of AM60 Mg alloy
September 2018
S. Richmire | K. Hall | M. Haghshenas
Identification of process parameters, their effects and contributions to the outcomes of the system using experimental approach could be a daunting, time consuming, and costly course. Using proper statistical...
Research progress of residual stress determination in magnesium alloys
September 2018
Xiaomin Yuan | Jin Zhang | Yong Lian | Chang Du | Weisheng Xu | Yongle Zhao | Jiahao Mo
With the research development of the magnesium alloys, the deformation or stress corrosion induced by residual stress (RS) attracted extensive interests in industry and research efforts extensive. However,...
Growth behaviour of low-energy plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings on a magnesium alloy
September 2018
V. Dehnavi | W.J. Binns | J.J. Noël | D.W. Shoesmith | B.L. Luan
Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO), a promising surface treatment method to improve the corrosion and wear resistance of magnesium and its alloys, operates at high voltages, resulting in a relatively...
Role of NiMn9.3Al4.0Co14.1Fe3.6 alloy on dehydrogenation kinetics of MgH2
September 2018
Priyanka Meena | Ramvir Singh | V.K. Sharma | I.P. Jain
•Role of first time synthesized nano structure NiMn9.3Al4.0Co14.1Fe3.6 alloy on hydrogenation of MgH2 is studied•Reduced mean crystallite size of sample was found after hydrogenations.•Activation energy...
Evaluation of self-healing properties of inhibitor loaded nanoclay-based anticorrosive coatings on magnesium alloy AZ91D
September 2018
Swapnil H. Adsul | K.R.C. Soma Raju | B.V. Sarada | Shirish H. Sonawane | R. Subasri
This study emphasizes on the evaluation and comparison of the anticorrosive properties of sol–gel coatings with and without inhibitor loaded nanocontainers. In this case, naturally available clay nanotubes...
Introduction to magnesium alloy processing technology and development of low-cost stir casting process for magnesium alloy and its composites
September 2018
Anil Kumar | Santosh Kumar | N.K. Mukhopadhyay
This paper presents the processing of magnesium alloys and its composite through different stir casting technologies. Design and development of stir casting technology that is suitable for processing...
Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded AZ61 magnesium alloy joint
September 2018
Kulwant Singh | Gurbhinder Singh | Harmeet Singh
Increasing global demands for energy conservation and environmental protection led to the replacement of heavy components with lighter alloys. As magnesium alloys are believed to be unique candidates...
Investigation on dry sliding wear behavior of Mg/BN nanocomposites
September 2018
R. Vara Prasad Kaviti | D. Jeyasimman | Gururaj Parande | Manoj Gupta | R. Narayanasamy
The present research objective is to investigate the effect of boron nitride nanoparticles reinforcement on dry sliding wear behavior of pure Magnesium and magnesium nanocomposites. The fabricated nanocomposites...
Influence of tool pin profile and rotational speed on the formation of friction stir welding zone in AZ31 magnesium alloy
June 2018
S. Ugender
In this investigation, the effect of friction stir welding (FSW) parameters such as tool pin profiles, rotational speed and welding speed on the mechanical properties of tensile strength, hardness and...
Microstructure and mechanical properties of bio-inspired Cf/Ti/Mg laminated composites
June 2018
Xiaoshi Hu | Zhenming Sun | Chunlei Zhang | Xiaojun Wang | Kun Wu
Inspired by an old fish skin structure, the Cf/Ti/Mg laminated composites were fabricated by squeeze casting technology. No porous or voids were found in final composite, and carbon fiber was uniformly...
Effects of cold and warm cross-rolling on microstructure and texture evolution of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet
June 2018
Litzy Lina Choquechambi Catorceno | Hamilton Ferreira Gomes de Abreu | Angelo Fernando Padilha
Mg alloys conventionally rolled often present strong basal textures that affect negatively further deformations, limiting their applications. The present research found that cross-rolling experiences...
Fabrication of ultra-high strength magnesium alloys over 540 MPa with low alloying concentration by double continuously extrusion
June 2018
Hua Huang | Hongwei Miao | Guangyin Yuan | Zhongchang Wang | Wenjiang Ding
We prepare a new type of patented biodegradable biomedical Mg–Nd–Zn–Zr (JDBM) alloy system and impose double continuously extrusion (DCE) processing. The lowest processing temperature is 250 °C for...
Modeling of hot deformation behavior and prediction of flow stress in a magnesium alloy using constitutive equation and artificial neural network (ANN) model
June 2018
S. Aliakbari Sani | G.R. Ebrahimi | H. Vafaeenezhad | A.R. Kiani-Rashid
The aim of the present study was to investigate the modeling and prediction of the high temperature flow characteristics of a cast magnesium (Mg–Al–Ca) alloy by both constitutive equation and ANN model....
A study on joining magnesium alloy high pressure die casting components with thread forming fasteners
June 2018
Gerry Gang Wang | Jeremy Bos
With tremendous weight saving potential, magnesium alloy high pressure die casting components have been widely used for automotive applications. Magnesium fastening technology is thus becoming increasingly...
Effect of applied pressure on microstructures of squeeze cast Mg–15Gd–1Zn–0.4Zr alloy
June 2018
Qian Zhao | Yujuan Wu | Wei Rong | Ke Wang | Lingyang Yuan | Xiangwen Heng | Liming Peng
Microstructural evolution of Mg–15Gd–1Zn–0.4Zr (GZ151K, wt%) alloys, cast under 0 MPa (gravity cast) and 6 MPa (squeeze cast), were comparatively studied. It is found that the grain size of squeeze...
Full potential study of HoMg
June 2018
Meena Kumari | U.P. Verma
In this paper, HoMg is studied in two different phases i.e. B1 and B2. The calculated lattice constants in B1 and B2 phases are 6.39 Å and 3.78 Å and corresponding energies are −25,648.49 Ry and −25,648.56 Ry,...
Optimization of PVD process parameter for coating AZ91D magnesium alloy by Taguchi grey approach
June 2018
M. Sivapragash | P. Kumaradhas | S.C. Vettivel | B. Stanly Jones Retnam
This study was an attempt made to explore the possibility of increasing the surface properties of the AZ91D magnesium alloy by applying ZrO2 coating using Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD-RF) sputtering...
Development and characterization studies on magnesium alloy (RZ 5) surface metal matrix composites through friction stir processing
June 2018
G. Vedabouriswaran | S. Aravindan
Surface metal matrix composite is produced on the as cast Magnesium Rare Earth alloy – RZ 5 by single pass friction stir processing using various micro/nano sized reinforcement particles namely Boron...
The flow behavior in as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy under impact loading
June 2018
Biwu Zhu | Xiao Liu | Chao Xie | Wenhui Liu | Changping Tang | Liwei Lu
As-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy samples were compressed at ambient temperature and strain rates of 1000–3000 s−1. The fracture surfaces of cracked samples, the evolution of microstructures and macrotextures...
Effects of trace Ca/Sn addition on corrosion behaviors of biodegradable Mg–4Zn–0.2Mn alloy
March 2018
Wenbo Du | Ke Liu | Ke Ma | Zhaohui Wang | Shubo Li
The effects of alloying elements of Ca/Sn on corrosion behaviors of the as-cast Mg–4Zn–0.2Mn alloy were investigated by immersion tests and electrochemical methods. The results indicated that the average...
Superhydrophobic surface of Mg alloys: A review
March 2018
M. Yeganeh | N. Mohammadi
In the present review, the formation of superhydrophobic (SHP) structures on the surface of Mg alloys was investigated. Different methods including hydrothermal technique, chemical and electrochemical...
Structural and elastic properties of Mg3CuH0.6 ternary hydride by ab initio study
March 2018
Said Boucetta
In the present work, we investigate the structural and elastic properties of a new intermetallic hydride compound Mg3CuH0.6. The theoretical study has been carried out based on density functional theory...
An investigation on the hardness and corrosion behavior of MWCNT/Mg composites and grain refined Mg
March 2018
N. Saikrishna | G. Pradeep Kumar Reddy | Balakrishnan Munirathinam | Ravikumar Dumpala | M. Jagannatham | B. Ratna Sunil
In the present work, multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) reinforced magnesium (Mg) matrix composite was fabricated by friction stir processing (FSP) with an aim to explore its mechanical and electrochemical...
Joining of AZ91 Mg alloy and Al6063 alloy sheets by friction stir welding
March 2018
B. Lakshmana Prasad | G. Neelaiah | M. Gopi Krishna | S.V.V. Ramana | K. Sai Prakash | G. Sarika | G. Pradeep Kumar Reddy | Ravikumar Dumpala | B. Ratna Sunil
In the present work, the effect of process parameters on joining of AZ91 Mg alloy and Al6063 aluminum alloy sheets during friction stir welding (FSP) was studied. A successful joint was achieved at...
Microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr billet prepared by direct chill casting
March 2018
Xingwei Zheng | Jie Dong | Shiming Wang
High-quality Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr magnesium alloy billets with diameter of 200 mm were successfully prepared by direct chill (DC) casting. The results show that microstructures of the as-cast billet prepared...
Processing of RZ5-10wt%TiC in-situ magnesium matrix composite
March 2018
Deepak Mehra | M.M. Mahapatra | S.P. Harsha
This paper discusses processing in-situ RZ5-10wt%TiC composite fabricated by self-propagating high temperature (S.H.S) method where RZ5 Mg alloy was the matrix and TiC as reinforcement. The purpose...
Influence of heat treatment on the machinability and corrosion behavior of AZ91 Mg alloy
March 2018
Swetha Chowdary V | Ravikumar Dumpala | Anand Kumar S | Kondaiah VV | Ratna Sunil B
In the present study, AZ91 Mg alloy was heat treated at 410 °C for 6, 12 and 24 h to investigate the influence of heat treatment on machinability and corrosion behavior. The effect of soaking time on...
