International Symposium on Light Alloys and Composite Materials

Effect of homogenization treatment on microstructure and corrosion properties of Mg-4Zn magnesium alloys

Hüseyin Zengin Yunus Türen Hayrettin Ahlatçı Yavuz Sun Emre Öztürk

Abstract

Zinc (Zn) has been widely used as main alloying element in magnesium alloys. Zn improves corrosion resistance and strength of magnesium alloys by grain boundary strengthening, solid solution and precipitation hardenings [1,2]. Zn has 6.2 wt% maximum solid solubility in Mg and together with Mg can form binary coherent compounds [3].

Conference
International Symposium on Light Alloys and Composite Materials
Keywords
magnesium alloys casting microstructure corrosion

Language
English

Subject
Chemistry