Research Progress in High-Performance Magnesium Alloy and Its Applications

<p>Mg alloy is the lightest metallic structural material and possesses the advantages of high specific strength high specific stiffness good electromagnetism shield good damping capacity good machinability and easy recycling etc. Therefore it has extremely broad application prospects and has drawn considerable interest in the fields of automobile electronics electrical appliances transportation aerospace and aviation. In addition Mg alloys are gradually showing application potential in emerging industries serving as biodegradable metals in the biomedical field functional material for hydrogen storage and so on. This Special Issue (SI) entitled Research Progress in High-Performance Magnesium Alloy and Its Applications presents recent developments and excellent results in the field of Mg alloys and includes 10 articles and one editorial covering some interesting aspects of the topic.</p>