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Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2022

•This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys, wrought magnesium alloys, bio-magnesium alloys, Mg-based energy storage materials and corrosion and protection...

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Development and application of magnesium alloy parts for automotive OEMs: A review

China is currently vigorously implementing the “energy conservation and emission reduction” and “dual carbon” strategies. As the most resource-advantaged light metal material in China, Magnesium (Mg)...

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The role and significance of Magnesium in modern day research-A review

Magnesium is one of the largely available elements in the earth's crust. It has a low structural density with high specific strength. This unique material property has forced an increase in the use...

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Biodegradable Mg alloys for orthopedic implants – A review

The last decade has seen a significant growth in the market for alloys used for implants, especially for those intended for orthopedic implants. Research into biodegradable magnesium-based alloys has...

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Latest research advances on magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide

In the past two years, significant progresses have been achieved in high-performance cast and wrought magnesium and magnesium alloys, magnesium-based composites, advanced cast technologies, advanced...

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Magnesium casting technology for structural applications

This paper summarizes the melting and casting processes for magnesium alloys. It also reviews the historical development of magnesium castings and their structural uses in the western world since 1921...

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Research advances in magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2020

Research on magnesium alloys continues to attract great attention, with more than 3000 papers on magnesium and magnesium alloys published and indexed in SCI in 2020 alone. The results of bibliometric...

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Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2021

More than 4000 papers in the field of Mg and Mg alloys were published and indexed in Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database in 2021. The bibliometric analyses indicate that the microstructure,...

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“Smart” micro/nano container-based self-healing coatings on magnesium alloys: A review

Coating technologies are a commonly used way to protect metals against corrosion. However, with more and more severe service environments of materials, many protective coating systems often are not...

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Additive manufacturing of magnesium matrix composites: Comprehensive review of recent progress and research perspectives

•Research progress on AM of MMCs is systematically reviewed.•Unique characteristics of AM in fabricating MMCs are stated.•Formation mechanism and control methods of the defects during AM are systematically...

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Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydriding and dehydriding reactions in Mg-based hydrogen storage materials

Mg-based materials are one of the most promising hydrogen storage candidates due to their high hydrogen storage capacity, environmental benignity, and high Clarke number characteristics. However, the...

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Stress corrosion cracking of magnesium alloys: A review

Magnesium (Mg) alloys have been widely used in automobile, aviation, computer, and other fields due to their lightweight, high specific strength and stiffness, low pollution, and good electromagnetic...

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Recent developments in high-pressure die-cast magnesium alloys for automotive and future applications

The use of magnesium alloy high pressure die cast (HPDC) components for structural applications, especially in the automotive and transportation industries, where weight reduction is of a great concern,...

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Magnesium alloys as extremely promising alternatives for temporary orthopedic implants – A review

Mg alloys are emerging as potential and very promising alternatives for replacing permanent metallic implant materials such as steels and titanium in applications where the implants need to be removed...

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Mg-based materials for hydrogen storage

Over the last decade's magnesium and magnesium based compounds have been intensively investigated as potential hydrogen storage as well as thermal energy storage materials due to their abundance and...

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A review on thermal conductivity of magnesium and its alloys

This review summarizes recent researching works the thermal conductivity of Mg–Zn, Mg–Al, Mg–Mn and Mg–RE alloys. Solute atoms, heat treatment, deformation and temperature, which have significant influence...

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Magnesium-based biomaterials as emerging agents for bone repair and regeneration: from mechanism to application

Magnesium (Mg) is the fourth most abundant element in the human body and is important in terms of specific osteogenesis functions. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the use of magnesium-based...

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Recent progress and perspectives in additive manufacturing of magnesium alloys

Magnesium alloys remain critical in the context of light-weighting and advanced devices. The increased utilisation of magnesium (Mg) each year reveals growing demand for its Mg-based alloys. Additive...

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Corrosion and corrosion-fatigue behavior of magnesium metal matrix composites for bio-implant applications: A review

Recently, the topic of bioresorbable metals, with much focus on magnesium for bone implant applications, has been an area of considerable investigation. Indeed, it could be argued that magnesium is...

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Additive manufacturing of biodegradable magnesium-based materials: Design strategies, properties, and biomedical applications

•Mechanical, tribological, corrosion behavior, biocompatibility and antibacterial activity of Mg additively manufacturing are presented.•Different AM processes and post-processes treatments for Mg alloy...

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Review of magnesium-based biomaterials and their applications

In biomedical applications, the conventionally used metallic materials, including stainless steel, Co-based alloys and Ti alloys, often times exhibit unsatisfactory results such as stress shielding...

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Influence of tool rotational speed on mechanical and corrosion behaviour of friction stir processed AZ31/Al2O3 nanocomposite

Nano-sized reinforcements improved the mechanical characteristics efficiently by promoting more implicit particle hardening mechanisms compared to micron-sized reinforcements. Nano-sized particles lessen...

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Advances in coatings on biodegradable magnesium alloys

The clinic applications of bioabsorbable magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been significantly restricted owing to their poor corrosion resistance. Besides elemental alloying, surface modification and...

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Carbon nanotube and graphene reinforced magnesium matrix composites: A state-of-the-art review

Magnesium (Mg) composites reinforced with carbon-based nanomaterial (CBN) often exhibit low density, enhanced strength, good conductivity, improved wear resistance, and excellent biocompatibility when...

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Recent progress in MgB2 superconducting joint technology

Magnesium diboride (MgB2) magnets have the potential to be the next-generation liquid-helium-free magnet for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) application due to their relatively high superconducting...

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