Magnesium in Automotive Applications

[Runge_Kutta]

Magnesium in Automotive Applications

http://msl1.mit.edu/pdfs/fed_docs/M97002413.pdf

C6 related:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesa..._materials.pdf
http://autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1103
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...09/ai_74034573
http://aiqnet.com/aml/ApplicationsMagnesiumHM-DR.pdf
http://www.cavs.msstate.edu/cmd/projects/corvette.html


Flammability
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http://msl1.mit.edu/pdfs/fed_docs/M97002413.pdf [ See section 3.3 ]

http://doc.tms.org/servlet/ProductCa...tegory=04-5689

Magnesium Technology 2004, Alan A. Luo, editor.
Ignition Resistance of Various Magnesium Alloys [pp. 235-240]
J.J. Blandin, E. Grosjean, M. Suéry, N.V. Ravi Kumar and N. Mebarki

Take a look at the bottom of page 3 in this file.
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/101.pdf

Corrosion
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You only get the first page ...

http://doc.tms.org/ezMerchant/prodtms.nsf/ProductLookupItemID/01-4666-137/$FILE/01-4666-137F.pdf?OpenElement
http://doc.tms.org/ezMerchant/prodtms.nsf/ProductLookupItemID/01-4666-143/$FILE/01-4666-143F.pdf?OpenElement

http://www.asminternational.org/emai...13a/sample.pdf
http://www.hydromagnesium.com/hits/osl02201.nsf/AllById/B4D0F8BDF9D4C2F941256B0C004C1B4A/$file/045.pdf
http://www.magtech-flevoland.nl/docs...ixomolding.pdf [See Table 2]


Creep Resistance
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http://msl1.mit.edu/pdfs/fed_docs/M97002413.pdf [ See section 3.2 ]
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c...00391/ABSTRACT

Here are some SAE articles on the topic ( http://www.sae.org/servlets/index ):

2004-01-0654 : Progress Toward a Magnesium-Intensive Engine: the Usamp Magnesium
____________Powertrain Cast Components Project
2004-01-0658 : Comparative Evaluation of Automotive Oil Pans Fabricated By
____________Creep-Resistant Magnesium Alloy and Aluminum Alloy
2003-01-1365 : Amc-Sc1: a New Magnesium Alloy Suitable for Powertrain Applications
2002-01-0079 : New Aspects of Temperature Behavior of Aj52x, Creep Resistant Magnesium Alloy
2001-01-0422 : Development of Creep-Resistant Magnesium Alloys for Powertrain Applications: Part 1 of 2
2001-01-0415 : Magnesium Casting Applications in the Automotive Industry
2001-01-0423 : Tensile Creep and Microstructure of Magnesium-Aluminum-Calcium-Based
____________Alloys for Powertrain Applications--Part 2 of 2
980086 : A New Magnesium Alloy for Automotive Powertrain Applications

Look for alloys like:
AJ52X, AS21X, AS31, AXJ530 (General Motors), MRI153, MRI202S, MRI230D, ML10, and SC1.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesa..._materials.pdf [page 9-27 or page 57-75]

[Rob]

wow...wow....wow! Nice job Runge! Thank you!!

[JHL]

I do know it has a habit of bursting into flames depending on how pure the alloy is that is being machined, i have seen a couple of our workshop lathes go up in flames.

Can't open the files on my daughters laptop and for some reason it wont let me download a pdf reader, is there any other way to see them ???? I am interested in having a read. I work for a world wide material testing company and we do have a large automotive division which does everthing from cutting up engine blocks for visual inspection to testing full size chassis and just about everything else in between for all of the big three.


J.

[wx briefer]

Aircraft engines use magnesium on the engine cases in the rear (accessory drive case). I am not familiar with a cessna roasting the airframe in flight.

Quite frankly, a few pounds of magnesium don't scare me. The 20 gallons of gasoline might cause for pause...ask Earnhardt, Jr.