Magnesium technology 2001 : proceedings of the symposium / / jointly sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of the TMS Light Metals Division (LMD), [and others], held during the 2001 TMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., February 11-15, 2001 ; edited by John N. Hryn

• Record Nr.: UNISA996213449203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Warrendale, Pennsylvania : , : The Minerals, Metals & Society Society, , 2001; ©2001
• ISBN: 1-118-80399-X; 1-118-80425-2; 1-118-80549-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 669.723; 669/.723
• Soggetti: Magnesium - Metallurgy; Magnesium alloys; Magnesium founding
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; Foreword; Session One: Magnesium Reduction - Lloyd M. Pidgeon Memorial Session; Lloyd M. Pidgeon - Magnesium Pioneer; The Pidgeon Process in China and Its Future; Chinese Adaptation of the Pidgeon Process (abstract only); Vertical Larger-Diameter Vacuum Retort Magnesium Reduction Furnace; A Computational Thermodynamic Analysis of Atmospheric Magnesium Production; Producing Magnesium for Use in the Titanium Manufacturing Process; Modernization at MAGCORP - Coming of Age in the 21st Century (abstract only); Session Two: Refining and RecyclingHydrofluorocarbons as a Replacement for Sulphur Hexafluoride in Magnesium Process; Interfacial Reactions Between SF6 and Molten Magnesium; U.S. EPA's SF6 Emmission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry: An ; Update on Early Success; A New Conti-Process for the Fluxless Recycling of High Purity Magnesium; Innovative Vacuum Distillation for Magnesium Recycling; Mathematical Modeling of the Magnesium Refining Furnace; A New Self-Gravitation Filtering Technique for Rapid Assessing Cleanless of Magnesium Alloy Melt; Session Three: Casting and SolidificationMagnesium Alloy Sheet Produced by Twin Roll Casting; Solidification Behavior of Commercial Magnesium Alloys; The Effect of Aluminium Content and Grain Refinement on Porosity Formation in Mg-Al Alloys; Effect of Beryllium Content in Thixomolding® AZ91D; The Influence of Primary Solid Content on the Tensile Properties of a Thixomolded AZ91D Magnesium Alloy; Session Four: Alloy Development; Magnesium Alloy Development Guided by Thermodynamic Calculations; Computational Thermodynamics and Experimental Investigation of Mg-Al-Ca Alloys; Development of Creep Resistant Mg-Al-Sr AlloysDie Casting Magnesium Alloys for Elevated Temperatures Applications; Diecastability and Properties of Mg-Al-Sr Based Alloys; Tensile and Compressive Creep of Magnesium-Aluminum-Calcium Based Alloys; Creep and Bolt-Load Retention Behavior of a Die Cast Mg-Rare Earct Alloy (abstract only); The Mg-Zn-Al Alloys and the Influence of Calcium on Their Creep Properties; Session Five: Physical Metallurgy; Digital Image Analysis Technique for Characterization of Shrinkage and Gas (Air) Porosity in Cast Magnesium Alloys; Ductility and the Skin Effect in High Pressure Die Cast Mg-Al AlloysMicrostructure and Microchemistry of Creep and Resistant Magnesium Alloys; The Relationship Between Microstructure and Creep Behavior in AE42 Magnesium Die Casting Alloy; Mg17Al12 Phase Precipitation Kinetics in Die Casting Alloys AZ91D and AM60B; TEM Study of the As-Cast and Aged Microstructure of Mg-Al-Zn Alloys and the Influence of Zn Content on Precipitation; Origins of Variability in the Mechanical Properties of AM60 Magnesium Alloy Castings; Experimental and Computational Study of Bolt Load Retention Behavior of Magnesium Alloy AM60B (abstract only)
• Sommario/riassunto: Magnesium Technology 2001