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Effects of heat treatment on the corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of biodegradable Mg alloys

Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys exhibit great potential for use as temporary structures in tissue engineering applications. Such degradable implants require no secondary surgery for their removal....

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Surface modification of magnesium alloys using thermal and solid-state cold spray processes: Challenges and latest progresses

•Diverse surface modification techniques for Mg and its alloys are introduced.•Mechanical, tribological and corrosion behavior of thermal sprayed coatings are presented.•Benefits and restrictions of...

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Developing polydopamine modified molybdenum disulfide/epoxy resin powder coatings with enhanced anticorrosion performance and wear resistance on magnesium lithium alloys

Epoxy resin powder coating has been successfully applied on the corrosion protection of magnesium lithium alloys. However, poor wear resistance and microcracks formed during the solidification have...

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Local oxynitriding of AZ31 magnesium alloy by atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment at room temperature

A surface-hardening treatment for AZ31 magnesium alloy using an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) at room temperature was developed. Magnesium is a potential engineering material because it is...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Corrosion in Mg-alloy biomedical implants- the strategies to reduce the impact of the corrosion inflammatory reaction and microbial activity

The most common complication of orthopedic surgery is implant failure, which can result in catastrophic injury and a significant financial burden for patients. Implant failure can be caused by a variety...

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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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Plasma electrolytic oxidation of magnesium and its alloys: Mechanism, properties and applications

Plasma Electrolyte Oxidation (PEO) process has increasingly been employed to improve magnesium surface properties by fabrication of an MgO-based coating. Originating from conventional anodizing procedures,...

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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 in Mg-based alloys as a novel bioabsorbable biomaterials for orthopedic applications

Traditional orthopedic metal implants, such as titanium (Ti), Ti alloys, and cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloys, cannot be degraded in vivo. Fracture patients is must always suffer a second operation to...

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Corrosion behavior of severely plastically deformed Mg and Mg alloys

Magnesium (Mg) alloys have several advantages, such as low density, high specific strength and biocompatibility. However, they also suffer weak points, such as high corrosion, low formability and easy...

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Towards high strength cast Mg-RE based alloys: Phase diagrams and strengthening mechanisms

Mg-rare earth (RE) based systems provide several important commercial alloys and many alloy development opportunities for high strength applications, especially in aerospace and defense industries....

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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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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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Towards developing Mg alloys with simultaneously improved strength and corrosion resistance via RE alloying

Magnesium (Mg) alloys have received an increasing interest in the past two decades for their tremendous application potential. The strength and corrosion resistance levels of common Mg alloys are still...

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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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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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Magnesium matrix composites for biomedical applications: A review

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...

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