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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2015 Jan 8;103(8):1632–1640. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33341

TABLE III.

Elemental Composition of Microconstitutes in As-Cast and Extruded WE43

Alloy Microconstitute Weight %
Mg Y Nd Gd Zr
As-cast WE43 α-Mg 92.44 6.65 0.91
Mg (RE, Y) 71.95 10.93 17.12
Y-rich 5.30 82.22 6.05 6.42
Zr-rich 53.15 34.96 4.89 4.74 2.26
Extruded WE43 α-Mg 90.10 7.79 2.11
Mg (RE, Y) 68.79 12.82 18.39
Y-rich 53.17 36.62 4.07 6.13
Zr-rich 80.38 11.95 6.22 1.45