Designing a magnesium alloy with high strength and high formability

T. T. T. Trang; J. H. Zhang; J. H. Kim; A. Zargaran; J. H. Hwang; B.-C. Suh; N. J. Kim

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04981-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Designing a magnesium alloy with high strength and high formability

T. T. T. Trang,
J. H. Zhang,
J. H. Kim,
A. Zargaran,
J. H. Hwang,
B.-C. Suh,
N. J. Kim

Affiliations

T. T. T. Trang: Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology
J. H. Zhang: College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University
J. H. Kim: Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology
A. Zargaran: Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology
J. H. Hwang: Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology
B.-C. Suh: Korea Institute of Materials Science
N. J. Kim: Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04981-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Despite being the lightest structural alloys, obtaining magnesium alloys with both high strength and high formability remains a challenge. Here, the authors use precipitation and elemental segregation to design a magnesium alloy with high strength and high formability.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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