Table 1.

Chemical composition of the here used Mg-based materials (weight %). Ag: silver, Al: aluminum, Cu: copper, Fe: iron, Mg: magnesium, Ni: nickel.

	Mg	Ag	Al	Cu	Fe	Ni
Mg	99.94	<0.00005	0.013–0.016	0.0002–0.0003	0.0048–0.0049	<0.0002
Mg–6Ag	≈94	5.94–6.34	<0.0100	0.0013–0.0014	0.0019–0.0021	0.009–0.0010