A Review on Developments in Magnesium Alloys

In order to facilitate the understanding of the current research efforts and directions, this article first introduces the anomalous/problematic features of magnesium, and presents the recent approach of stacking fault energy (SFE)-based alloying element selection to lessen or eliminate these problem. SFE computations via ab initio techniques necessitate an understanding of the free electron density distribution around atoms in a solid solution....