Communications Materials (Apr 2022)

Corrosion resistant and high-strength dual-phase Mg-Li-Al-Zn alloy by friction stir processing

  • Zhuoran Zeng,
  • Mengran Zhou,
  • Marco Esmaily,
  • Yuman Zhu,
  • Sanjay Choudhary,
  • James C. Griffith,
  • Jisheng Ma,
  • Yvonne Hora,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Alessio Gullino,
  • Qingyu Shi,
  • Hidetoshi Fujii,
  • Nick Birbilis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00245-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mg-Li alloys are attractive for their low density, yet typically suffer from limited strength and rapid corrosion. Here, both these issues are addressed in a Mg-Li-Al alloy by friction stir processing followed by liquid CO2 quenching, resulting in a durable microstructure.