Magnesium Injection Molding

• Main Author: Czerwinski, Frank (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Machinery.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Metals.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Metallic Materials.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Machinery and Machine Elements.

Injection molding of metallic alloys is a modern and environment-friendly technology with universal features, capable of implementing many conventional and novel processing methods based on semisolid and liquid routes. After its application to magnesium and recent commercialization, it is used to ma...

Table of Contents:

• Erratum
• Magnesium and Its Alloys
• Semisolid Processing—Origin of Magnesium Molding
• Basic and Auxiliary Hardware
• Thermal and Corrosive Aspects of Processing Molten Magnesium
• Process Theory and Practice
• Feedstock Selection
• Oxidation Behavior of the Feedstock
• Melting Behavior of the Feedstock
• Alloy Transformations During Molding
• Microstructure—Property Relationship for Molded Alloys
• Semisolid Extrusion Molding
• Near-Liquidus Molding
• Alloy and Composite Generation in a Semisolid State
• Molding Creep-Resistant Alloys.