ASM Specialty Handbook : Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys

This new handbook is the most comprehensive collection of engineering information on this important structural material published in the last sixty years. Prepared with the cooperation of the International Magnesium Association, it presents the current industrial practices and provides information and data about the properties and performance of magnesium alloys. Covers the materials science and engineering of this important structural material, including processing, properties, and commercial uses.

Covers all aspects of the technology :

• All the articles have been reviewed by experts from around the world.
• Comprehensive information on the lightest of all structural metals used in industries where weight is important for fuel economy and performance. Covers the new high-purity alloys developed for the die-casting field.
• New developments in die-casting, semisolid processing, surface treatment, and alloy specifications.
• Contains information adapted from ASM Handbooks and other authoritative sources combined with significant amounts of never-before-published information and data.

Foreword
Preface
The Editors
Contributors

Section I : Metallurgy and Alloys
Chapter 1 : Introduction : History, Production, Application, and Markets
Chapter 2 : Properties of Unalloyed Magnesium
Chapter 3 : Grades and Alloys
Chapter 4 : Metallographic and Fractographic Techniques and Microstructures

Section II : Phase Diagrams
Chapter 5 : Selection and Application of Alloys and Product Forms

Section III : Fabrication, Finishing, and Inspection
Chapter 6 : Gravity and Low-Pressure Casting
Chapter 7 : Die Casting
Chapter 8 : Heat Treating
Chapter 9 : Bulk Working
Chapter 10 : Thixotropic Molding : Semisolid Injection Molding of Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 11 : Forming
Chapter 12 : Welding
Chapter 13 : Brazing, Soldering, and Adhesive Bonding
Chapter 14 : Mechanical Fastening
Chapter 15 : Machining
Chapter 16 : Cleaning and Finishing

Section IV : Engineering Properties and Performance
Chapter 17 : General Mechanical Behavior
Chapter 18 : Fatigue and Fracture Resistance
Chapter 19 : Elevated - Temperature Properties
Chapter 20 : Corroson Behavior
Chapter 21 : Stress - Corrosion Cracking

Section V : Product Design and Alloy Datasheets
Chapter 22 : Design Consideration
Chapter 23 : General Engineering Properties of Casting Alloys
Chapter 24 : Fatigue Properties of Casting Alloys
Chapter 25 : General Engineering Properties of Wrought Alloys
Chapter 26 : Fatigue Properties of Wrought Alloys
Chapter 27 : Flow Stress and Bulk Workability
Chapter 28 : Magnesium Specification and Alloy Composition

Subject Index
Alloy Index