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The role and significance of Magnesium in modern day research-A review

Magnesium is one of the largely available elements in the earth's crust. It has a low structural density with high specific strength. This unique material property has forced an increase in the use...

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Applications of magnesium alloys for aerospace: A review

•As the lightest structural material, the development of magnesium alloy in aerospace application is summarized. Adding alloying elements is one of the effective methods to improve the mechanical properties...

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Development and application of magnesium alloy parts for automotive OEMs: A review

China is currently vigorously implementing the “energy conservation and emission reduction” and “dual carbon” strategies. As the most resource-advantaged light metal material in China, Magnesium (Mg)...

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Latest research advances on magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide

In the past two years, significant progresses have been achieved in high-performance cast and wrought magnesium and magnesium alloys, magnesium-based composites, advanced cast technologies, advanced...

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Research progress in friction stir processing of magnesium alloys and their metal matrix surface composites: Evolution in the 21st century

•The review emphasizes the potential of Mg alloys in lightweight structures and the evolution of FSP for Mg alloys and MMCs in the 21st century.•It covers novel fabrication methods, reinforcement strategies,...

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Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2022

•This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys, wrought magnesium alloys, bio-magnesium alloys, Mg-based energy storage materials and corrosion and protection...

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Biodegradable Mg alloys for orthopedic implants – A review

The last decade has seen a significant growth in the market for alloys used for implants, especially for those intended for orthopedic implants. Research into biodegradable magnesium-based alloys has...

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Magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoadsorbents in wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review

•Significant potential of MgO based nanoadsorbents as efficient materials for wastewater treatment is highlighted.•The remarkable adsorption capacity of MgO based nanoadsorbents is demonstrated.•The...

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Magnesium research and applications: Past, present and future

•Non/low-carbon production of primary Mg.•Increased end-of-life recycling of Mg components.•Corrosion-resistant and “stainless” Mg alloys.•Flame-resistant Mg alloy development.•Alloy development for...

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Research advances in magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2020

Research on magnesium alloys continues to attract great attention, with more than 3000 papers on magnesium and magnesium alloys published and indexed in SCI in 2020 alone. The results of bibliometric...

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Magnesium casting technology for structural applications

This paper summarizes the melting and casting processes for magnesium alloys. It also reviews the historical development of magnesium castings and their structural uses in the western world since 1921...

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A review on thermal conductivity of magnesium and its alloys

This review summarizes recent researching works the thermal conductivity of Mg–Zn, Mg–Al, Mg–Mn and Mg–RE alloys. Solute atoms, heat treatment, deformation and temperature, which have significant influence...

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A state-of-the-art review on recent advances in the fabrication and characteristics of magnesium-based alloys in biomedical applications

•To review on development of magnesium and its alloys.•To investigate multiple biomedical applications of magnesium-based materials including orthopedic implants, cardiovascular implants, biodegradable...

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Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydriding and dehydriding reactions in Mg-based hydrogen storage materials

Mg-based materials are one of the most promising hydrogen storage candidates due to their high hydrogen storage capacity, environmental benignity, and high Clarke number characteristics. However, the...

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Magnesium-based biomaterials as emerging agents for bone repair and regeneration: from mechanism to application

Magnesium (Mg) is the fourth most abundant element in the human body and is important in terms of specific osteogenesis functions. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the use of magnesium-based...

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Magnesium-based biomaterials for coordinated tissue repair: A comprehensive overview of design strategies, advantages, and challenges

•Design strategies of MBMs.•Functional properties of MBMs.•Signaling pathways associated with of MBMs for tissue regeneration.•Clinical applications and basic research of MBMs.•Challenges of MBMs....

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Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2021

More than 4000 papers in the field of Mg and Mg alloys were published and indexed in Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database in 2021. The bibliometric analyses indicate that the microstructure,...

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Plasma electrolytic oxidation of magnesium and its alloys: Mechanism, properties and applications

Plasma Electrolyte Oxidation (PEO) process has increasingly been employed to improve magnesium surface properties by fabrication of an MgO-based coating. Originating from conventional anodizing procedures,...

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Mg-based materials for hydrogen storage

Over the last decade's magnesium and magnesium based compounds have been intensively investigated as potential hydrogen storage as well as thermal energy storage materials due to their abundance and...

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Review of magnesium-based biomaterials and their applications

In biomedical applications, the conventionally used metallic materials, including stainless steel, Co-based alloys and Ti alloys, often times exhibit unsatisfactory results such as stress shielding...

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Research progress of heterogeneous structure magnesium alloys: A review

•The review encompasses the processing techniques, heterogeneous microstructures, and mechanical properties, with a specific emphasis on the strengthening and toughening mechanisms of heterostructured...

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Recent progress and perspectives in additive manufacturing of magnesium alloys

Magnesium alloys remain critical in the context of light-weighting and advanced devices. The increased utilisation of magnesium (Mg) each year reveals growing demand for its Mg-based alloys. Additive...

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Review of Mg alloy corrosion rates

A review of the literature confirmed that the intrinsic corrosion rate of high-purity Mg as measured by weight-loss is 0.3 mm/y in a concentrated chloride solution. Atmospheric corrosion of Mg alloys...

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Progress and prospects in Mg-alloy super-sized high pressure die casting for automotive structural components

•The world's largest Mg-alloy automotive die-casting components have been successfully trial-manufactured by Chongqing University, in cooperation with Chongqing Millison Technologies Inc. and Chongqing...

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Achieved strength-ductility simultaneous enhancement of AZ31 magnesium alloy square tube through a novel tube continuous expanding shear extrusion processing

•Proposed tube continuous expansion shear extrusion (tCESE) process to produce Mg alloy square tubes with heterogeneous structures.•The samples prepare by tCESE process exhibit simultaneous enhancement...

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