Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are promising lightweight and high specific strength
structural materials, especially for transportation and aerospace applications. However, pure …

Magnesium (Mg) alloys are the lightest structural metals and have received tremendous
attention in recent years. However, because of their low-symmetry hexagonal close-packed …

Magnesium alloys have garnered much interest in automotive and aerospace industries,
where simultaneously light-weight and strong components are needed to improve energy …

Magnesium (Mg) is a promising structural material with low density and high specific
strength. The use of wrought Mg products has been stunted by poor formability, which is …

Magnesium (Mg) alloys are the lightest metallic materials that could be widely applied to
load-bearing structural components. They are typically manufactured via two different forms …

In the search for new alloys with a great strength-to-weight ratio, magnesium has emerged at
the forefront. With a strength rivaling that of steel and aluminum alloys---materials which are …

Activating non-basal< c+a> slip is a key method to improve room temperature ductility and
formability of Mg alloys. However, the detailed criterion for activation of the< c+a> slip in …

Magnesium (Mg) alloys with low concentrations of rare earth additions are known to exhibit
strengths and ductility that are significantly higher than those obtained in traditional Mg …

Abstract Reactions of {10 1¯ 2} twin boundaries (TBs) with dislocations in a Mg alloy
subjected to cyclic deformation were studied and modeled, based on atomic-resolution …

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