Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- About the Editor -- About the Organizers -- Session Chairs -- Magnesium Technology 2013 -- Plenary -- A Brief History of the Development of Grain Refinement Technology for Cast Magnesium Alloys -- Creep -- Compressive Creep Properties of Wrought High Temperature Magnesium Alloys in Axial and Transverse Orientation- A Neutron Diffraction Study -- Creep Behaviour of Mg Binary Solid Solutions -- Influence of Yttrium on Creep Behavior in Nano-Crystalline Magnesium Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation -- Aging Behavior and Microstructural Evolution in Mg-3Nd-0.2Zn-0.5Zr Alloy -- Cast Materials -- FE Modelling of Tensile and Impact Behaviours of Squeeze Cast Magnesium Alloy AM60 -- High Temperature Deformation of Magnesium Alloy TX32-0.4Al-0.8Si -- Primary Production and Shaping -- Doing Projects in a Foreign Language - Communications Management, Issues and Strategies -- Impact of Site Elevation on Mg Smelter Design -- Purification of Highly Contaminated Magnesium Melt -- Selective Laser Melting of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys -- Evolution of the Magnetherm Magnesium Reduction Process -- Research on New Type Materials Preparation for Magnesium Production by Silicothermic Process -- Texture and Twinning -- Effect of Grain Size and Basal Texture on Tensile Properties and Fracture Characteristics of Extruded AZ31 Alloy -- Interaction between a Mg17Al12 Precipitate and {1012} Twin Boundary in Magnesium Alloys -- Microstructure and Texture Evolution in a Magnesium Alloy during Extrusion at Various Extrusion Speeds -- The Texture and Microstructure Evolution of Mg-Zn-Ce Alloys -- Twin Boundary Migration Creating Zero Shear Strain: In-Situ TEM Observations and Atomistic Simulations -- Microstructure Characterization of Weakly Textured and Fine Grained AZ61 Sheet.

Wrought Materials I -- Flow Behavior and Hot Workability of Pre-Extruded AZ80 Magnesium Alloy -- Inverse Strain Rate Sensitivity of Bendability of an AZ31 Sheet in Three-Point Bending -- Annealing of Cold and Warm Rolled AZ3IB Magnesium Alloy Sheets -- Gas-Pressure Bulge Forming of Mg AZ31 Sheet at 450°C -- Corrosion I -- Efficiency of a New Hexavalent Chromium-Free Chemical Pickling Process Based on Organic and Inorganic Acids on Magnesium Alloys Mg-Y-RE-Zr and Mg-Zn-RE-Zr -- Galvanic Corrosion of Mg-Zr Alloy and Steel or Graphite in Mineral Binders -- The Influence of Mg-Zr Master Alloy Microstructure on the Corrosion of Mg -- The Use of AC-DC-AC Methods in Assessing Corrosion Resistance Performance of Coating Systems for Magnesium Alloys -- Corrosion Behavior of Cerium-Based Conversion Coatings on Magnesium Alloys Exposed to Ambient Conditions -- Nanostructured Materials -- Thermal Stability of Ultra-Fine Grained Magnesium Alloy Processed by Extrusion and ECAP -- Corrosion II -- Formation of Vanadate Conversion Coating on AZ31 Magnesium Alloy -- Joining and Friction Processing -- Microstructure Modification and Performance Improvement of Mg-RE Alloys by Friction Stir Processing -- A Multi-Stage Approach for Predicting Fatigue Damage in Friction Stir Spot Welded Joints of Mg AZ31 Alloy -- Wrought Materials II -- Recrystallization Behavior of a MgAlCa Alloy during Thermomechanical Processing and Subsequent Heat Treatment -- The Influence of Deformation Mechanisms on Rupture of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheet at Elevated Temperatures -- Effect of the Extrusion Conditions on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Indirect Extruded Mg-Zn-Y Alloy with LPSO Phase -- Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behavior of CaO Added Mg-6Zn-1.2Y Sheets -- Phase Formation.

Bounds to Hardening by Solid Solution, Precipitation and Short Range Order in Mg Binary Alloys -- A New Magnesium Alloy System: TEXAS -- Effect of Sn Additions on the Age Hardening Response, Microstructures and Corrosion Resistance of Mg-0.8Ca (wt%) Alloys -- Thermodynamics of Phase Formation in Mg-La-Ce-Nd Alloys -- Phase Stability Investigation of the Mg-Zn-Sm System -- In Situ Synchrotron Diffraction of the Solidification of Mg-RE Alloys -- Nucleation Kinetics of the γ-Phase in a Binary Mg-Al Alloy -- Solidification -- Computational Multi-Scale Modeling of the Microstructure and Segregation of Cast Mg Alloys at Low Superheat -- Effect of Casting Defects Distribution on the Beginning of Tensile Fracture in Semi-Solid Injected Magnesium AZ91D Alloy -- Effect of Inoculation Method of Refiner on the Grain Refinement of AZ91 Alloy -- Nanocomposites and Metal Matrix Composites -- Nanoparticle Addition to Enhance the Mechanical Response of Magnesium Alloys Including Nanoscale Deformation Mechanisms -- Properties of Extruded Disintegrable Metal Composites -- Effect of Fiber Volume Fractions on Corrosion Resistance of Mg AM60 Alloy-based Composites in NaCl Solutions -- Synthesis of Disintegrable Metal Composite for Oilfield Applications -- Wrought Materials III -- Effect of Precipitation on Dynamically Recrystallized Grain Size in a Magnesium Alloy -- Texture Development in an Extruded Magnesium Alloy during Compression along the Transverse Direction -- Evolution of Microstructure during Caliber Rolling of AZ31 Alloy -- Increasing Volume Fraction of Precipitates and Strength of a Mg-Zn-Y Alloy by Pre-Aging Deformation -- Mapping the Mechanical Properties of Alloyed Magnesium (AZ 61) -- Microstructure -- Effects of Alloying Elements and Cooling Rate on Morphology of Phases in CaO Added Mg-Al-Si Alloys.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Die Cast Magnesium-Aluminum-Tin Alloys -- Study on Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Squeeze Casting AZ9ID Magnesium Alloy -- Tailoring Precipitates in Mg-6Zn-2Gd Based Alloy Subjected to High Pressure Torsion -- Microstructure and Phase Evolution in Mg-Gd and Mg-Gd-Nd Alloys with Additions of Zn, Y and Zr -- Twin Roll Casting -- Influence of Temperature and Rolling Speed on Twin Roll Cast Strip -- Mathematical Modeling of the Effect of Roll Diameter on the Thermo -Mechanical Behavior of Twin Roll Cast AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Strips -- Author Index -- Subject Index.