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Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys

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Whereas the fundamental properties of all metallic elements are covered systematically and comprehensively in Chap. 4, this chapter treats magnesium which is applied as both a base and an alloying element of metallic materials (Sects. 5.1, 5.2). According to common usage, the chapter is subdivided into treatments of metallic materials, such as melting and casting, as well as heat treatment (Sect. 5.3), joining (Sect. 5.4) and corrosion behavior (Sect. 5.5). Recent developments are covered in the final Sect. 5.6.

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  1. Magnesium Technology at MagIC, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany

    Hajo Dieringa

  2. Magnesium Technology at MagIC, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany

    Karl Ulrich Kainer

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  1. Dept. of Metal Physics, formely Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Hans Warlimont

  2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Werner Martienssen

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Dieringa, H., Kainer, K.U. (2018). Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys. In: Warlimont, H., Martienssen, W. (eds) Springer Handbook of Materials Data. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69743-7_5

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