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 processing technologie...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 processing technologies,and functional magnesium materials,such as Mg ion batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,bio-magnesium alloys,etc.Great contributions to the development of new magnesium alloys and their processing technologies have been made by Chongqing University,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht,Queensland University,Brunel University,etc.This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys,wrought magnesium alloys and functional magnesium materials worldwide in 2018–2019,including both the development of new materials and the innovation of their processing technologies.Based on the issues and challenges identified here,some future research directions are suggested,including further development of high-performance magnesium alloys having high strength and superior plasticity together with high corrosion resistance and low cost,and fundamental research on the phase diagram,diffusion,precipitation,etc.,as well as the development of advanced welding and joining technology.展开更多
The current research and development of magnesium alloys is summarized. Several aspects of magnesium alloys are described： cast Mg alloy, wrought Mg alloy, and novel processing. The subjects are discussed individuall...The current research and development of magnesium alloys is summarized. Several aspects of magnesium alloys are described： cast Mg alloy, wrought Mg alloy, and novel processing. The subjects are discussed individually and recommendations for further study are listed in the final section.展开更多
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 when Dow began pr...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 when Dow began producing magnesium pistons.Magnesium casting technology was well developed during and after World War II,both in gravity sand and permanent mold casting as well as high-pressure die casting,for aerospace,defense and automotive applications.In the last 20 years,most of the development has been focused on thin-wall die casting applications in the automotive industry,taking advantages of the excellent castability of modern magnesium alloys.Recently,the continued expansion of magnesium casting applications into automotive,defense,aerospace,electronics and power tools has led to the diversification of casting processes into vacuum die casting,low-pressure die casting,squeeze casting,lost foam casting,ablation casting as well as semi-solid casting.This paper will also review the historical,current and potential structural use of magnesium with a focus on automotive applications.The technical challenges of magnesium structural applications are also discussed.Increasing worldwide energy demand,environment protection and government regulations will stimulate more applications of lightweight magnesium castings in the next few decades.The development of use of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering(ICME)tools will accelerate the applications of magnesium castings in structural applications.展开更多
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 analyses show that ...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 analyses show that microstructure control and mechanical properties of Mg alloys are continuously the main research focus,and the corrosion and protection of Mg alloys are still widely concerned.The emerging research hot spots are mainly on functional magnesium materials,such as Mg ion batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,and bio-magnesium alloys.Great contributions to the research and development of magnesium alloys in 2020 have been made by Chongqing University,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Central South University,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Northeastern University,Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht,etc.The directions for future research are suggested,including:1)the synergistic control of microstructures to achieve high-performance magnesium alloys with concurrent high strength and superior plasticity along with high corrosion resistance and low cost;2)further development of functional magnesium materials such as Mg batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,structural-functional materials and bio-magnesium materials;3)studies on the effective corrosion protection and control of degradation rate of magnesium alloys;4)further improvement of advanced processing technology on Mg alloys.展开更多
The research and development status of casting magnesium alloys including the commercial casting alloys and the new types casting alloys are reviewed,with more attention to microstructure and mechanical properties of ...The research and development status of casting magnesium alloys including the commercial casting alloys and the new types casting alloys are reviewed,with more attention to microstructure and mechanical properties of modified-AZ91,AM60 and WE43 alloys with various additions,and new types of low cost casting alloys and high strength casting alloys.The modification and/or refinement of Mg2 Si phase in Mg-Al-Si based casting alloys by various additions are discussed and new purifying technologies for casting magnesium alloys are introduced to improve the performance.The modified AZ81 alloy with reduced impurities is found to have the tensile strength of 280 ± 6 MPa and elongation of 16% ± 0.7%.The fatigue strength of AZ91 D alloy could be obviously improved by addition of Ce and Nd.The Mg-16Gd-2Ag-0.3Zr alloy exhibits very high tensile and yield strengths（UTS：423 MPa and YS：328 MPa）;however,its elongation still needs to be improved.展开更多
There is an increasing interest in the development of magnesium alloys both for industrial and biomedical applications. Industrial interest in magnesium alloys is based on strong demand of weight reduction of transpor...There is an increasing interest in the development of magnesium alloys both for industrial and biomedical applications. Industrial interest in magnesium alloys is based on strong demand of weight reduction of transportation vehicles for better fuel efficiency, so higher strength, and better ductility and corrosion resistance are required. Nevertheless, biomedical magnesium alloys require appropriate mechanical properties, suitable degradation rate in physiological environment, and what is most important, biosafety to human body. Rather than simply apply commercial magnesium alloys to biomedical field, new alloys should be designed from the point of view of nutriology and toxicology. This article provides a review of state-of-the-art of magnesium alloy implants and devices for orthopedic, cardiovascular and tissue engineering applications. Advances in new alloy design, novel structure design and surface modification are overviewed. The factors that influence the corrosion behavior of magnesium alloys are discussed and the strategy in the future development of biomedical magnesium alloys is proposed.展开更多
Wrought magnesium alloys attract special interests as lightweight structural material due to their homogeneous microstructure and enhanced mechanical properties compared to as-cast alloys.In this contribution,recent r...Wrought magnesium alloys attract special interests as lightweight structural material due to their homogeneous microstructure and enhanced mechanical properties compared to as-cast alloys.In this contribution,recent research and developments on wrought magnesium alloys are reviewed from the viewpoint of the alloy design,focusing on Mg-Al,Mg-Zn and Mg-rare earth(RE)systems.The effects of different alloying elements on the microstructure and mechanical properties are described considering their strengthening mechanisms,e.g.grain refinement,precipitation and texture hardening effect.Finally,the new alloy design and also the future research of wrought magnesium alloys to improve their mechanical properties are discussed.展开更多
基金The content in this review is financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB0301100,2017YFF0209100)the National Science Foundation for Scientists of China(No.51531002,51474043,51701027,51971042,51901028)the Chongqing Academician Special Fund(cstc2018jcyj-yszxX0007,cstc2019yszxjcyjX0004).
文摘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 processing technologies,and functional magnesium materials,such as Mg ion batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,bio-magnesium alloys,etc.Great contributions to the development of new magnesium alloys and their processing technologies have been made by Chongqing University,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht,Queensland University,Brunel University,etc.This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys,wrought magnesium alloys and functional magnesium materials worldwide in 2018–2019,including both the development of new materials and the innovation of their processing technologies.Based on the issues and challenges identified here,some future research directions are suggested,including further development of high-performance magnesium alloys having high strength and superior plasticity together with high corrosion resistance and low cost,and fundamental research on the phase diagram,diffusion,precipitation,etc.,as well as the development of advanced welding and joining technology.
基金the Chinese Foundation Research ProjectionMagnesium Elektron Ltd. and the Manchester Materials Science Center of University of Manchester.
文摘The current research and development of magnesium alloys is summarized. Several aspects of magnesium alloys are described： cast Mg alloy, wrought Mg alloy, and novel processing. The subjects are discussed individually and recommendations for further study are listed in the final section.
文摘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 when Dow began producing magnesium pistons.Magnesium casting technology was well developed during and after World War II,both in gravity sand and permanent mold casting as well as high-pressure die casting,for aerospace,defense and automotive applications.In the last 20 years,most of the development has been focused on thin-wall die casting applications in the automotive industry,taking advantages of the excellent castability of modern magnesium alloys.Recently,the continued expansion of magnesium casting applications into automotive,defense,aerospace,electronics and power tools has led to the diversification of casting processes into vacuum die casting,low-pressure die casting,squeeze casting,lost foam casting,ablation casting as well as semi-solid casting.This paper will also review the historical,current and potential structural use of magnesium with a focus on automotive applications.The technical challenges of magnesium structural applications are also discussed.Increasing worldwide energy demand,environment protection and government regulations will stimulate more applications of lightweight magnesium castings in the next few decades.The development of use of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering(ICME)tools will accelerate the applications of magnesium castings in structural applications.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Project No.2016YFB0301100&Project No.2016YFB0700403)the Chongqing Academician Special Fund(Project No.cstc2018jcyj-yszx X0007&Project No.cstc2020yszx-jcyj X0001)+1 种基金Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology(Project No.cstc2019jcyj-msxm0438)the 111 Project(Project No.B16007)by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China。
文摘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 analyses show that microstructure control and mechanical properties of Mg alloys are continuously the main research focus,and the corrosion and protection of Mg alloys are still widely concerned.The emerging research hot spots are mainly on functional magnesium materials,such as Mg ion batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,and bio-magnesium alloys.Great contributions to the research and development of magnesium alloys in 2020 have been made by Chongqing University,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Central South University,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Northeastern University,Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht,etc.The directions for future research are suggested,including:1)the synergistic control of microstructures to achieve high-performance magnesium alloys with concurrent high strength and superior plasticity along with high corrosion resistance and low cost;2)further development of functional magnesium materials such as Mg batteries,hydrogen storage Mg materials,structural-functional materials and bio-magnesium materials;3)studies on the effective corrosion protection and control of degradation rate of magnesium alloys;4)further improvement of advanced processing technology on Mg alloys.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51531002,51474043 and 51571043)the Ministry of Education of China(SRFDR 20130191110018)+1 种基金Chongqing Municipal Government(CSTC2013JCYJC60001,CEC project,Two River Scholar Project and The Chief Scientist Studio Project)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.106112015CDJZR135515)
文摘The research and development status of casting magnesium alloys including the commercial casting alloys and the new types casting alloys are reviewed,with more attention to microstructure and mechanical properties of modified-AZ91,AM60 and WE43 alloys with various additions,and new types of low cost casting alloys and high strength casting alloys.The modification and/or refinement of Mg2 Si phase in Mg-Al-Si based casting alloys by various additions are discussed and new purifying technologies for casting magnesium alloys are introduced to improve the performance.The modified AZ81 alloy with reduced impurities is found to have the tensile strength of 280 ± 6 MPa and elongation of 16% ± 0.7%.The fatigue strength of AZ91 D alloy could be obviously improved by addition of Ce and Nd.The Mg-16Gd-2Ag-0.3Zr alloy exhibits very high tensile and yield strengths（UTS：423 MPa and YS：328 MPa）;however,its elongation still needs to be improved.
基金The authors would like to acknowledge financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation(Project No.51701026)the Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology(Project No.cstc2018jcyjAX0611)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission(Grant No.KJQN201803103)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Project No.2018CDGFCL0005 and Project No.2018CDJDCL0019)the support of the 111 Project(Project No.B 16007)by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(Nos.2012CB619102 and 2012CB619100)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.51225101)+4 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31170909)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20100001110011) the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(No. ZD201012)the Project for Supervisor of Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Beijing(No.20121000101)the Guangdong Province Innovation R&D Team Project(No.201001 C0104669453)
文摘There is an increasing interest in the development of magnesium alloys both for industrial and biomedical applications. Industrial interest in magnesium alloys is based on strong demand of weight reduction of transportation vehicles for better fuel efficiency, so higher strength, and better ductility and corrosion resistance are required. Nevertheless, biomedical magnesium alloys require appropriate mechanical properties, suitable degradation rate in physiological environment, and what is most important, biosafety to human body. Rather than simply apply commercial magnesium alloys to biomedical field, new alloys should be designed from the point of view of nutriology and toxicology. This article provides a review of state-of-the-art of magnesium alloy implants and devices for orthopedic, cardiovascular and tissue engineering applications. Advances in new alloy design, novel structure design and surface modification are overviewed. The factors that influence the corrosion behavior of magnesium alloys are discussed and the strategy in the future development of biomedical magnesium alloys is proposed.
文摘Wrought magnesium alloys attract special interests as lightweight structural material due to their homogeneous microstructure and enhanced mechanical properties compared to as-cast alloys.In this contribution,recent research and developments on wrought magnesium alloys are reviewed from the viewpoint of the alloy design,focusing on Mg-Al,Mg-Zn and Mg-rare earth(RE)systems.The effects of different alloying elements on the microstructure and mechanical properties are described considering their strengthening mechanisms,e.g.grain refinement,precipitation and texture hardening effect.Finally,the new alloy design and also the future research of wrought magnesium alloys to improve their mechanical properties are discussed.
