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- Micrograph no
- 845
- Brief description
- Microstructure of extruded tube in Magnesium alloy AZ91 in direction perpendicular to the direction of extrusion.
- Keywords
- aluminium
, magnesium, zinc - Categories
- Metal or alloy
- System
- Mg-Al
- Composition
- Mg, Al 9.2, Zn 0.8 (wt %)
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- Applications
- Most commercially used Mg-based alloy, characterised by good mechanical properties and resistance to corrosion.
- Sample preparation
- Ground and polished automatically. Etched with Kroll's reagent (immersed for 10-15s) then rinsed with water and dried with compressed air.
- Technique
- Optical microscope, reflected light
- Length bar
- 50 μm
- Further information
- Microstructure showing regular grains with uniformly distributed precipitates of intermetallic phase Mg17Al12.
- Contributor
- J Adamowski
- Organisation
- Department of Production Engineering, Thermoenergetics and Mathematical Models, University of Genoa, Italy
- Date
- 25/07/05
- Licence for re-use
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