High Performance Magnesium Alloys

Advance magnesium alloy development through AI and sustainable processing technologies
 
Magnesium alloys?the lightest structural metals at 1.78 g/cm³?remain constrained by their Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP) crystal structure?s mechanical limitations. High Performance Magnesium Alloys: Manufacturing and Applications presents technologies developed over the past five years to overcome these barriers, integrating novel alloy design, additive manufacturing, advanced processing, heat treatment, surface engineering, and simulation modeling into a single reference.
 
Coverage spans simulation approaches including CPFEM, VPSC, and CA models alongside characterization via SEM, EBSD, TEM, FIB, and in-situ analysis. The book details machine learning applications for alloy optimization, corrosion testing protocols, additive manufacturing parameter frameworks, and surface modification strategies. Emerging applications in biodegradable implants, hydrogen storage, and energy-efficient manufacturing receive dedicated treatment.
 
Key topics also include:
 
* Casting, severe plastic deformation, and joining techniques tailored to magnesium alloy processing for structural and functional applications
* AI-driven alloy design workflows that shorten traditional trial-and-error development timelines for new compositions and target microstructures
* Real-world case studies connecting academic research with industrial practice across automotive, aerospace, and electronics sectors
* Pre-strain deformation methods and heat treatment protocols optimized for enhancing magnesium alloy ductility and formability at room temperature
* Sustainable manufacturing strategies aligned with global decarbonization goals that leverage magnesium?s natural abundance and full recyclability
 
Written for materials scientists, mechanical engineers, solid state chemists and physicists, and industry professionals in automotive, aerospace, and electronics sectors, this book delivers the experimental guidance and theoretical frameworks needed to accelerate magnesium alloy development toward scalable, environmentally responsible applications.

Chapter1 Fundamentals of Magnesium and Its Alloys
Chapter2 Alloying Technologies for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter3 Casting Technologies for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 4 Solid-State Forming Processes for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 5 Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 6 Severe Plastic Deformation of Magnesium Alloys: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Corrosion Behavior
Chapter7 Pre-strain technology development for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 8 Joining Technologies for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 9. Additive Manufacturing of Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 10. Magnesium Matrix Composites preparation
Chapter 11. Heat Treatment process for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 12. Surface Engineering for Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 13. Corrosion Behavior and Protection Strategies
Chapter 14. Properties and Testing Methods developments
Chapter 15. Simulation and Modeling of Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 16. Crystal Finite Element Modeling of Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 17. Strain-Mediated Grain Orientation Engineering: Enhancing Formability and Revealing Mechanisms in Magnesium Alloy Sheets
Chapter 18. Characterization Techniques development on Magnesium alloys
Chapter 19. Magnesium energy storage development
Chapter 20. Structural and Biomedical Applications of Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 21. Future Trends in Magnesium Research

Lifei Wang, Ph.D, is a full professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Materials Processing Engineering at Taiyuan University of Technology, China. His main research direction is new forming technologies for magnesium and magnesium alloys. So far, he has presided over more than 20 vertical and horizontal projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Fund, Shanxi Excellent Youth Fund, Shanxi Youth Top notch Talent Program, Shanxi Key R&D Program, and Shanxi Major Patent Promotion and Implementation Support Special Project. He has published more than 180 academic papers (H-factor 36, cited more than 3600), applied for 70 national invention patents, published 2 academic monographs, and won 3 provincial-level scientific and technological awards for the first author of research results, as well as 2 provincial-level scientific and technological awards for key personnel. He serves as young editors for 19 well-known journals.

• Edited by Lifei Wang