TY - CHAP

T1 - Investigations in the magnesium-tin system

AU - Bowles, A. L.

AU - Dieringa, H.

AU - Blawert, C.

AU - Hort, Norbert

AU - Kainer, K. U.

PY - 2005/7/15

Y1 - 2005/7/15

N2 - Currently most magnesium alloys are based on the Mg-Al system and this system is reasonably well developed. Nevertheless, the alloy system has some disadvantages - while having excellent castability and adequate room temperature mechanical properties Mg-Al alloys show poor creep resistance. This has led to investigations in other magnesium based systems; magnesium forms alloys with a large number of elements and, indeed a number of magnesium systems show good creep resistance. In this work, the Mg-Sn system has been chosen for study. The Mg-Sn system shows some positive characteristics in terms of potential creep resistance; a high temperature stable phase is formed with magnesium - Mg2Sn (melting point: 770°C) and this phase forms as a line compound (71 wt% Sn), which is typically distributed around the grain boundaries. The effect of the addition of a range of ternary elements on the microstructure and creep properties has been studied.

AB - Currently most magnesium alloys are based on the Mg-Al system and this system is reasonably well developed. Nevertheless, the alloy system has some disadvantages - while having excellent castability and adequate room temperature mechanical properties Mg-Al alloys show poor creep resistance. This has led to investigations in other magnesium based systems; magnesium forms alloys with a large number of elements and, indeed a number of magnesium systems show good creep resistance. In this work, the Mg-Sn system has been chosen for study. The Mg-Sn system shows some positive characteristics in terms of potential creep resistance; a high temperature stable phase is formed with magnesium - Mg2Sn (melting point: 770°C) and this phase forms as a line compound (71 wt% Sn), which is typically distributed around the grain boundaries. The effect of the addition of a range of ternary elements on the microstructure and creep properties has been studied.

KW - Alloy development

KW - Creep

KW - Magnesium

KW - Magnesium-tin alloys

KW - Engineering

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33646124079&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3e89cc63-24eb-3c18-8e4a-764897b7d08d/

U2 - 10.4028/0-87849-968-7.135

DO - 10.4028/0-87849-968-7.135

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:33646124079

SN - 0878499687

SN - 9780878499687

T3 - Materials Science Forum

SP - 135

EP - 138

BT - Magnesium - Science, Technology and Applications, Mg - Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnesium - Science, Technology and Applications

A2 - Ke, Wei

A2 - Han, En Hou

A2 - Han, Y.F.

A2 - Kainer, Karl Ulrich

A2 - Luo, Alan A.

PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd

T2 - International Conference on Magnesium - Science, Technology and Applications 2004

Y2 - 20 September 2004 through 24 September 2004

ER -