Fundamental understanding of the environmental factors essential for environmental assisted fracture (EAF) of cast magnesium alloys

该项目提出了一种理论和实验相结合的方法来了解导致商业铸造镁合金EAF的关键环境因素。而不是测试所有的可能性，它建议建立一个机制的理解EAF，并通过关键实验测试和扩展的理解。电弧炉是一种特别危险和复杂的腐蚀形式。现有经验表明，随着镁合金越来越多地用于更具挑战性的应用，EAF发生率将增加。这项研究的结果和见解将有助于支持一个主要的新行业和工业应用。

This project proposes a combined theoretical and experimental approach to understand the key environmental factors causing EAF of commercial cast magnesium alloys. Rather than testing all possibilities, it is proposed to establish a mechanistic understanding for EAF, and to test and expand that understanding through key experiments. EAF is a particularly dangerous and complicated form of corrosion. Existing experience indicates that EAF incidence will increase as magnesium alloys are increasingly used in more challenging applications. The results and insights from this research will help to underpin a major new industry and industrial applications.