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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CAST METALS RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 167-175Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1743133613Y.0000000093
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Magnesium alloys; Oxidation; High temperature; Liquid state
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- EPSRC [EP/H026177/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/H026177/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The surface of a stagnant AZ91D alloy melt has been exposed to air under two oxidation conditions: at 610 degrees C for 30 min and at 650 degrees C for 10 s. After oxidising, the samples were sand quenched. The macroscopic morphology of the surfaces exhibited regions of non-nodular growth (in a layer manner) and regions of nodular growth. Additionally, the 610 degrees C 30 min condition presented a region where localised combustion took place. The microscopic morphology of the surfaces and the nature of the surface reaction products have been analysed using field emission gun SEM and X-ray diffraction techniques, respectively. These results showed that all these morphologies, i. e. sponge-like, nodular and layer, were porous and therefore non-protective with respect to the evaporation and oxidation of Mg and Zn from the surface of the AZ91D alloy melt. In all these regions, MgO was the main oxidation product along with traces of ZnO and AlN.
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