RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Dvorsky, Drahomir
A1 Kubasek, Jiri
A1 Vojtěch, Dalibor
A1 Prusa, Filip
A1 Nova, Katerina
T1 Preparation of WE43 Using Powder Metallurgy Route
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2016
VO 16
IS 4
SP 680
OP 687
DO 10.21062/ujep/x.2016/a/1213-2489/MT/16/4/680
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201604-0005.php
AB Magnesium alloy WE43 is well known for its low density and good mechanical properties. It has also fair corrosion resistance and relative usability up to 300 °C. All those properties are connected with the content of rare earth elements and determine this alloy not only for automotive and aviation industry, but also for applications as biodegradable materials. In this work, WE43 alloy prepared by powder metallurgy methods is characterized. Final products are prepared by cold uniaxial pressing with subsequent extrusion or spark plasma sintering (SPS). Present paper deals with the characterization of processing methods used for the WE43 alloy preparation and also the characterization of prepared WE43 products as themselves.