Lightweight magnesium alloys are attractive as structural materials for improving energy
efficiency in applications such as weight reduction of transportation vehicles. One major …

Pure magnesium exhibits poor ductility owing to pyramidal〈 c+ a〉 dislocation
transformations to immobile structures, making this lowest-density structural metal unusable …

Magnesium is a lightweight structural metal but it exhibits low ductility—connected with
unusual, mechanistically unexplained, dislocation and plasticity phenomena—which makes …

Magnesium, the lightest structural metal, usually exhibits limited ambient plasticity when
compressed along its crystallographic c-axis (the “hard” orientation of magnesium). Here we …

Alloying magnesium (Mg) with rare earth elements such as yttrium (Y) has been reported to
activate the pyramidal< c+ a> slip systems and improve the plasticity of Mg at room …

Temperature effects on the mobility of< c+ a> dislocations on pyramidal planes are
characterized by molecular dynamics simulations. On the first-order pyramidal planes, near …

Based on their high specific strength and stiffness, magnesium alloys are attractive for
lightweight applications in aerospace and transportation, where weight saving is crucial for …

This chapter discusses the deformation mechanisms responsible for the complex
mechanical behaviors exhibited by Mg and its alloys. The use of new experimental (eg …

Plasticity in magnesium crystals oriented for c-axis compression has been usually attributed
to< c+a> dislocation slip on second-order pyramidal {11 2¯ 2} planes. Through molecular …

We have recently reported that a high strain-rate rolling process is effective for producing
strong and ductile Mg alloy sheets. Here we elucidate the fundamental mechanisms that are …