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Room-Temp-Solvus — Mg-Al
- Alloy System
- Mg-Al
- Invariant Point Or Boundary
- Room Temp Solvus
- Component 1 Name
- Al
- Component 2 Name
- Mg
- Composition 1 Wt Pct (wt%)
- 2
- Engineering Significance
- Large Solubility Change (12.7% -> 2%) Enables Precipitation hardening; Aging Kinetics Are Slow in Mg
- Phase Alpha
- Alpha Mg
- Phase Beta
- Beta Mg17Al12
- Phase Description
- Alpha Solvus at Room temperature; ~2 wt%Al Soluble at 25°C
- Reaction Type
- Phase Boundary
- Temperature C (C)
- 25