Magnesium alloy and method of preparing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10358703-B2
Application number	US-201515525471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a magnesium alloy and a preparation method and an application thereof. Based on the total weight of the magnesium alloy, the magnesium alloy includes 2-3.5 wt % of Ce, 0.01-0.2 wt % of R, 0.8-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0-0.01 wt % of Fe, 0-0.01 wt % of Cu, 0-0.01 wt % of Ni, 0-0.01 wt % of Co, 0-0.01 wt % of Sn, 0-0.01 wt % of Ca, and 94.74-97.19 wt % of Mg, wherein R is at least one selected from Al and Zn.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnesium alloy, based on the total weight of the magnesium alloy, the magnesium alloy comprises:
2-3.5 wt % of Ce,
0.01-0.2 wt % of R,
0.8-1.5 wt % of Mn,
0-0.01 wt % of Fe,
0-0.01 wt % of Cu,
0-0.01 wt % of Ni,
0-0.01 wt % of Co,
0-0.01 wt % of Sn,
0-0.01 wt % of Ca,
94.74-97.19 wt % of Mg,
wherein R is selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, and combinations thereof; and
wherein the magnesium alloy includes, based on the total weight of the magnesium alloy, not more than 0.2 wt % of the combined weight of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Y, Sc, La, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Be, Zr, Li, Na, K, Sr, Ba, Ga, In, Ge, Sb, Bi, V, Nb, Cr, Mo, W, Re, Tc, Ru, Pd, Pt, Ag and Au.

2. The magnesium alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Ce in the magnesium alloy is 2.2-3 wt %.

3. The magnesium alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the content of R in the magnesium alloy is 0.1-0.2 wt %.

4. The magnesium alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Mn in the magnesium alloy is 0.9-1.4 wt %.

5. The magnesium alloy according to claim 1 , wherein the alloy is formed into a heat conductive structure member.

6. A magnesium alloy, based on the total weight of the magnesium alloy, the magnesium alloy consists of:
2-3.5 wt % of Ce,
0.01-0.2 wt % of R,
0.8-1.5 wt % of Mn,
0-0.01 wt % of Fe,
0-0.01 wt % of Cu,
0-0.01 wt % of Ni,
0-0.01 wt % of Co,
0-0.01 wt % of Sn,
0-0.01 wt % of Ca, and
a balance of Mg,
wherein R is selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, and combinations thereof.

7. The magnesium alloy according to claim 6 , wherein the content of Ce in the magnesium alloy is 2.2-3 wt %.

8. The magnesium alloy according to claim 6 , wherein the content of R in the magnesium alloy is 0.1-0.2 wt %.

9. The magnesium alloy according to claim 6 , wherein the content of Mn in the magnesium alloy is 0.9-1.4 wt %.

10. The magnesium alloy according to claim 6 , wherein the alloy is formed into a heat conductive structure member.

11. A method of preparing a magnesium alloy, comprising:
melting the raw material of the magnesium alloy in a predetermined proportion, so as to obtain alloy melt;
carrying out molding treatment to the alloy melt, so as to obtain the magnesium alloy;
wherein the magnesium alloy is the magnesium alloy according to claim 1 .

12. The method according to claim 11 further comprising carrying out aging treatment to the obtained magnesium alloy.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the aging treatment is carried out at a temperature of 120° C.-350° C.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the duration of the aging treatment is at least 0.5 hours.

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Faliang
• Ren Youping
• Gong Qing

Classifications

• C22F1/06

  of magnesium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C22C23/06 Primary

  with a rare earth metal as the next major constituent · CPC title