[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on grain refinement of magnesium rare-earth alloys during the whole casting processes: A review

G Wu, X Tong, C Wang, R Jiang, W Ding - Journal of Magnesium and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance cast magnesium rare-earth (Mg-RE) alloys are one of the most important
materials among all developed Mg alloy families, and have shown great potential in military …

[HTML][HTML] Magnesium research and applications: Past, present and future

J Zhang, J Miao, N Balasubramani, DH Cho… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the lightest structural metal and one of the most abundant metallic elements on earth,
magnesium (Mg) has been used as an “industrial metal” for lightweighting in the …

Microstructural evolution and strengthening mechanism of Mg-Y-RE-Zr alloy fabricated by quasi-directed energy deposition

X Tong, G Wu, MA Easton, M Sun, Q Wang… - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the highest yield strength and elongation in an Mg-Y-RE-Zr alloy produced by
an additive manufacturing (AM) process is reported. A combination of a large-diameter …

Uncovering of the formation of rare earth texture and pseudo fiber bimodal microstructure in the high ductility Mg-2Gd-0.4 Zr alloy during extrusion

T Zheng, Y Hu, C Zhang, T Zhao, B Jiang, F Pan… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to elucidate the underlying mechanism involved in the
formation of rare earth (RE) texture and pseudo fiber bimodal microstructure in the high …

On the excellent strength-ductility synergy of wire-arc directed energy deposited Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy via manipulating precipitates

X Li, X Fang, D Fang, W Fu, X Zhang, K Huang - Additive Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
As a high-efficiency and low-cost additive manufacturing technology, wire-arc directed
energy deposition (DED) has been progressively used to fabricate large components of AZ …

Excellent isotropic mechanical properties of directed energy deposited Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloys via establishing homogeneous equiaxed grains embedded with dispersed …

Q Cao, C Zeng, B Qi, Z Jiang, R Zhang, F Wang… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium rare-earth (Mg-RE) alloys have broad prospects for lightweight applications in
the aerospace industry. Rapid manufacturing of large-sized Mg-RE alloy components is …

[HTML][HTML] Developing new Mg alloy as potential bone repair material via constructing weak anode nano-lamellar structure

J Xie, L Wang, J Zhang, L Lu, Z Zhang, Y He… - Journal of Magnesium and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanics-corrosion and strength-ductility tradeoffs of magnesium (Mg) alloys have
limited their applications in fields such as orthopedic implants. Herein, a fine-grain structure …

Realizing the purification and grain refinement of Mg-Gd-Y alloy by one-step flux refining

X Tong, G Wu, M Sun, Q Wang, L Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the conventional melt preparation of magnesium rare-earth (Mg-RE) alloys, the repeated
heating/cooling process involved in grain refinement and flux refining usually prolongs the …

Effect of in-situ synthesized TiC particles on microstructure and mechanical properties of directed energy deposited AA2219 Al-Cu alloy

C Zeng, X Cai, Z Qi, Z Tan, H Wang, Y Peng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Directed energy deposition (DED) process can enable rapid and low-cost manufacturing of
large-scale high-strength AA2219 Al-6.3 wt% Cu alloy components, displaying broad …

Uniaxial compression deformation and fracture mechanism of cold metal transfer (CMT) arc additive Mg–Gd–Y–Zn–Zr alloy

J Wang, Z Zhao, W Du, P Bai, L Wang, Z Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Mg–Gd–Y–Zn–Zr alloy were fabricated using the cold metal transfer (CMT) arc
additive technology. The deformation mechanism and fracture characteristics of the Mg–Gd …