Laves phases with their comparably simple crystal structure are very common intermetallic
phases and can be formed from element combinations all over the periodic table resulting in …

The compelling need for lightweight, energy-efficient, environmentally benign engineering
systems is driving the development of a wide range of structural and functional materials for …

Thermodynamics is the key component of materials science and engineering. The
manifestation of thermodynamics is typically represented by phase diagrams, traditionally for …

The application of the electron backscatter diffraction technique to the investigation of phase
transformations is reviewed. The wide variety of results obtained using this technique is …

First-principles calculations have been carried out to investigate the electronic structure and
mechanical properties of the main binary Laves phase CaMg2, CaAl2 and MgAl2 with C14 …

Abstract Al, Ca, and Zn are representative commercial alloying elements for Mg alloys. To
investigate the effects of these elements on the deformation and recrystallization behaviors …

Two different mechanisms have been reported in previous ab initio studies to describe basal
slip in complex intermetallic Laves phases: synchroshear and undulating slip. To date, no …

The enthalpies of a large number of elements at zero Kelvin in a variety of structures have
been computed using electronic density functional theory. The structural enthalpy …

A thermodynamic model has been developed that provides a quantitative description for a
wide area of the Mg–Al–Ca system. All available experimental data plus new key …

With the purpose of increasing our understanding of the microstructural evolution and
mechanical properties of Mg-Al-Zn-Ca-RE system alloy, Mg-xAl-(8-x) Zn-4Ca and Mg-xAl-(8 …