%0 journal article
%@ 1359-6462
%A Witte, F., Fischer, J., Beckmann, F., Stoermer, M., Hort, N.

%D 2008
%J Scripta Materialia
%N 6
%P 453-456 
%R doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2007.10.039
%T Three-dimensional microstructural analysis of Mg–Al–Zn alloys by synchrotron-radiation-based microtomography
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2007.10.039
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%X The β phase Mg17Al12 influences the high-temperature strength as well as the corrosion properties of Mg–Al–Zn alloys. The morphology and distribution of β Mg17Al12 are normally determined by standard metallographic methods, which result in only a two-dimensional picture. Synchrotron-radiation-based microtomography can give a three-dimensional image of the microstructure and was used to characterize the distribution of Mg17Al12 and Al8Mn5 in as-cast and extruded Mg–Al–Zn alloys.