TUBITAK MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER MATERIALS INSTITUTE MAGNESIUM AND ALLOYS PROJECT GROUP RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 LIGHT METALS DIVISION MAGNESIUM BEST PAPER – APPLICATION
Researchers in TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Materials Institute Magnesium and Alloys Laboratory Group prepared a paper related to the results of ‘Development of Magnesium and Alloys, Production of Parts for Automotive, Electronic and Defence Industries’ project supported by State Planning Organization of Turkey.
Dr. Özgür Duygulu, Selda Ücüncüoğlu, Gizem Oktay, Deniz Sultan Temur, Prof. Dr. Onuralp Yücel, and Prof. Dr. Ali Arslan Kaya have been chosen as recipient of the 2010 Light Metals Division Magnesium Best Paper – Application for the paper entitled, “Development of 1500mm Wide Wrought Magnesium Alloys by Twin Roll Strip Casting Technique in Turkey”. This paper was presented in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 138th Annual Meeting & Exhibition on 18 February 2009 and the paper was published in the Proceeding book of TMS Magnesium Technologies 2009.
This award was last given in year 2006. The authors of the paper are Dr. Özgür Duygulu, Selda Üçüncüoğlu, Gizem Oktay who have been still working in TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Materials Institute, and Deniz Sultan Temur, Prof. Dr. Onuralp Yücel ve Prof. Dr. Ali Arslan Kaya who previously participitated in the project. This award will be given at the beginning of the Magnesium Plenary Session on Monday, February 15 at the Washington State Convention Center where over 140 papers will be presented.
The awarded paper’s subject is production of magnesium alloy sheets by twin roll casting process. Magnesium is the lightest of all structural metals with a density of 1.74 g/cm3. Magnesium alloys have high specific strength, high specific stiffness, good castability and machinability, low heat content per unit of volume, high damping capacity, and good electro-magnetic (EMI) shielding. Magnesium is dimensionally stable, it welds easily, and it has impact and dent resistance. It is the sixth most abundant metal and eighth element on the earth’s surface. Furthermore, magnesium is readily recyclable. Magnesium alloys also have effective heat dissipation. Due to these properties, there is increasing interest in using magnesium alloys especially in electronics and transportation industries. Application of wrought magnesium alloys especially in the form of sheet is limited due to the price of conventional rolling product. However, the demand for decreasing the magnesium sheet prices is high and can be met through twin-roll casting by minimizing the number of processes.
Recently, an industrial scale magnesium twin roll casting plant has been set up in Turkey with a project of TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Materials Institute. 1500 mm wide five different magnesium alloy sheets of 4-8 mm thickness have been successfully twin roll casted. These are the widest magnesium alloy sheets that have been produced by this method in the world so far. Research has been continued regarding to achieve magnesium alloys sheets with better mechanical properties for different industrial applications.
