The Application of Magnesium Alloy

Magnesium alloys have many good properties, such as light weight, cutting, corrosion resistance, shock absorption, dimension stability and impact resistance, which make magnesium alloys available in a wide range of areas, such as transportation, electronics, healthcare, military industry, etc. Especially, the application prospect and potential of magnesium alloys have become one of the development directions of new materials in the 3C products (Computer, Consumer Electronic Product, Communication), high-speed rail, automobile, bicycle, aerospace, building decoration, hand tools, medical rehabilitation equipment, and other fields in the future.

Military industry

The use of magnesium alloy in military equipment can improve the strength of structural parts, reduce the weight of equipment, and improve the weapon hit ratio. Also, the magnesium alloy can meet the requirements of material absorption, shock absorption and radiation protection in high-tech fields such as aerospace, which can obviously improve the aerodynamic performance and reduce the structural weight of the aircraft. Magnesium alloys are often used in the manufacture of aircraft and land vehicles, wall panels, supports, hubs, and engine blocks, cylinder heads, and pistons. Magnesium alloys are also used to make military equipment, such as bunkers, mortar bases and missiles. With the research of magnesium alloy and the improvement of material properties, the application of magnesium alloy in weapon will be increased.

Other Applications

Magnesium alloys are also widely used in other small areas of our life, such as motorcycle and bicycle applications. The bicycle is the new application domain of magnesium alloy, which mainly used as bicycle frame. The advantage of magnesium alloy is that it is not only light, fast and comfortable, but also has the mouth to make the pipe diameter smaller, the wall thinner and the frame stronger. The mass of the folding bicycle frame made of magnesium alloy is only 1.4kg. Magnesium alloys are mainly used in shipbuilding and Marine engineering for Marine instruments, water weapons, seawater batteries, diving suits, the sacrificial anode and timing devices. There are countless applications of magnesium alloys, which play an important role in our life.

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