Table 2.
Chemical composition of the alloy processed by various methods.
| Alloy State | Phase | Element (wt %) | Element (at %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mg | Ca | Zn | Mg | Ca | Zn | ||
| GC | hcp Mg | 98.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 99.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Mg2Ca | 70.0 | 24.8 | 5.1 | 80.3 | 17.4 | 2.2 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | 62.9 | 10.5 | 26.6 | 79.4 | 8.1 | 12.5 | |
| GC + HT | hcp Mg | 97.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 98.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Mg2Ca | 56.8 | 37.9 | 5.3 | 69.5 | 28.1 | 2.4 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | 71.3 | 7.2 | 21.6 | 85.2 | 5.2 | 9.6 | |
| SCL | hcp Mg | 98.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 99.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Mg2Ca | 80.0 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 87.9 | 10.1 | 1.9 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | 66.2 | 11.2 | 22.6 | 81.3 | 8.3 | 10.5 | |
| SCL + HT | hcp Mg | 97.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 99.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Mg2Ca | 59.1 | 36.3 | 4.6 | 71.4 | 26.6 | 2.1 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | 72.0 | 8.6 | 19.4 | 85.3 | 6.2 | 8.5 | |
| SCS | hcp Mg | 99.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 99.6 | 00.1 | 0.3 |
| Mg2Ca | 75.0 | 19.1 | 6.0 | 84.5 | 13.0 | 2.5 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | 62.7 | 11.4 | 26.0 | 79.0 | 8.7 | 12.2 | |
| SCS + HT | hcp Mg | 97.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 99.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Mg2Ca | 57.9 | 36.9 | 5.2 | 70.4 | 27.3 | 2.4 | |
| Ca2Mg6Zn3 | not present in the microstructure | not present in the microstructure | |||||