Technology for magnesium castings : design, products & applications.

• Main Author: Sahoo, Mahi
• Corporate Author: American Foundry Society
• Other Authors: Thomas-Sadowski, Susan
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Schaumburg, IL : American Foundry Society, [2011]
• Subjects: Magnesium founding.; Magnesium alloys.; Metal castings.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781523121007; 1523121009; 9780874333749; 0874333741
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 pages)

The latest casting and processing technologies have raised the importance of magnesium in the transportation industry. As a structural material with low density and a very high strength-to-weight ratio, magnesium can reduce vehicle weight and, in turn, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase fu...