Unlocking the diverse property profile of ultra-lightweight Mg alloys

This project aims to fundamentally understand why microalloying elements contribute to the formation of anatypical solute nanostructure and a corrosion resistant surface film in very specific Mg-Li-based alloycompositions; this class of alloy is important as it is the most lightweight engineering alloy system in existence forwhich the impact on specific properties is immense. Not only will the outcomes of the work be a fundamentaladvance to the fields of metallurgy and corrosion science, it will lead to the identification of an optimisedcompositional window for creating our second generation Mg-Li alloy family capable of being manufactured intoultra-lightweight, corrosion resistant extruded, forged and sheet metal products.