TY - CHAP AU - Tobias Schilling AU - Michael Bauer AU - Leslie LaLonde AU - Hans Jürgen Maier AU - Axel Haverich AU - Thomas Hassel ED - Mahmood Aliofkhazraei Y1 - 2017-02-01 PY - 2017 T1 - Cardiovascular Applications of Magnesium Alloys N2 - Magnesium alloys usually have desirable properties including high chemical stability, easy processing and manufacturing, and also lightweight. Magnesium alloys weigh about 70% of aluminum alloy weight and 30% of iron and steel weight. Most of these alloys are used for fabrication of structures in aerospace industries. Magnesium belongs to the second main group of the periodic table of elements (alkaline earth metal) and therefore can't be found in pure state in nature and only exists as a chemical composition. This book collects new developments about magnesium alloys and their use in different industries. BT - Magnesium Alloys SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/66182 DO - 10.5772/66182 SN - 978-953-51-2898-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -