Abstract
Since several years magnesium and its alloys have been successfully introduced in different areas of
application with a main focus to transportation industries. Magnesium alloys found applications in automotive industries for lowering the weight to reduce the fuel consumption and emissions as well as to increase the performance of modern cars. Besides advantages e.g. like superior specific strength and excellent processability the potential of magnesium alloys is limited due to their low mechanical properties at elevated temperature, low creep resistance, and reduced corrosion behaviour especially in galvanic contact with other metallic materials. Actual developments are showing the possibilities to improve these properties by using modern alloys and processing routes. While
cast products are having a majority of applications using magnesium alloys, the use of wrought
magnesium is increasing. Therefore alloy development, feedstock control and development of suitable processes for manufacturing large scale extrusions or sheets are under research at the moment. A Better understanding of influence of processing routes and deformation processes on microstructure and properties has to be the scientific issue in combination with simulation and modelling of processes and properties.
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