Magnesium Technology - Metallurgy, Design Data, Automotive Applications

Magnesium, with a density of 1.74 g/cm², is the lightest structural metal and magnesium are increasingly chosen for weight-critical applications such as in land-based transport systems. "Magnesium Technology" substantially updates and complements existing reference sources on this key material. It assembles international contributions from seven countries covering a wide range of research programs into new alloys with the requisite property profiles, i.e., the current state of both research and technological applications of magnesium. In particular, the international team of authors covers key topics, such as: casting and wrought alloys; fabrication methods; corrosion and protection; engineering requirements and strategies, with examples from the automobile, aerospace, and consumer-goods industries, and recycling. This authoritative reference and overview addresses materials researchers as well as design engineers.

List of contents

History.- Production Technologies of Magnesium.- Physical Metallurgy.- Melting, Alloying and Refining.- Magnesium Casting Alloys.- Technology of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys.- Corrosion and Surface Protections.- Engineering Requirements, Strategies and Examples.- Recycling.

Summary

Magnesium, with a density of 1.74 g/cm², is the lightest structural metal and magnesium are increasingly chosen for weight-critical applications such as in land-based transport systems. "Magnesium Technology" substantially updates and complements existing reference sources on this key material. It assembles international contributions from seven countries covering a wide range of research programs into new alloys with the requisite property profiles, i.e., the current state of both research and technological applications of magnesium. In particular, the international team of authors covers key topics, such as: casting and wrought alloys; fabrication methods; corrosion and protection; engineering requirements and strategies, with examples from the automobile, aerospace, and consumer-goods industries, and recycling. This authoritative reference and overview addresses materials researchers as well as design engineers.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hors E Friedrich (Editor), Horst E Friedrich (Editor), H. Friedrich (Editor), Horst E. Friedrich (Editor), Leslie Mordike (Editor), Leslie Mordike (Editor), Barry L. Mordike (Editor), Barry Leslie Mordike (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2005
• EAN: 9783540205999
• ISBN: 978-3-540-20599-9
• No. of pages: 677
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 45 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 1110 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 677 p. 590 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Maschinenbau, C, Fertigungstechnik und Ingenieurwesen, Production, Chemistry and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Manufactures, Metals, Metallic Materials, Metals and Alloys, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Production engineering, Machines, Tools, Processes