Editing Magnesium (section)

====Automotive====
[[File:Bugatti Aérolithe AV.jpg|thumb|The [[Bugatti Type 57#1935 Bugatti Type 57 Aérolithe Chassis No. 57331 Prototype|Bugatti Type 57 Aérolithe]] featured a lightweight body made of [[Elektron (alloy)|Elektron]], a trademarked magnesium alloy.]]
* [[Mercedes-Benz]] used the alloy [[Elektron (alloy)|Elektron]] in the bodywork of an early model [[Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR]]; these cars competed in the [[1955 World Sportscar Championship]] including a win at the [[1955 Mille Miglia|Mille Miglia]], and at [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] where one was involved in the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]] when spectators were showered with burning fragments of elektron.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spurgeon |first1=Brad |title=On Auto Racing's Deadliest Day |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/sports/autoracing/on-auto-racings-deadliest-day.html |work=The New York Times |date=11 June 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Porsche]] used magnesium alloy frames in the [[Porsche 917|917/053]] that won Le Mans in 1971, and continues to use magnesium alloys for its engine blocks due to the weight advantage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perkins |first=Chris |date=2021-07-01 |title=The 1971 Porsche 917 KH Had a Chassis Made of Ultra-Flammable Magnesium |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a36902927/1971-porsche-917-kh-magnesium/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Road & Track |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Volkswagen Group]] has used magnesium in its engine components for many years.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=1950: The metal is magnesium, the car is the Beetle|url=https://www.hydro.com/en-US/about-hydro/company-history/1946---1977/1950-the-metal-is-magnesium-the-car-is-the-beetle/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=hydro.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[Mitsubishi Motors]] uses magnesium for its [[paddle shifters]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-04-12 |title=2007 Mitsubishi Outlander brings sport sedan dynamics to compact sport-utility vehicle segment; performance credentials include 220 Hp V-6, 6-speed Sportronic(R) transmission and aluminum roof |url=http://media.mitsubishicars.com/en-US/releases/2007-mitsubishi-outlander-brings-sport-sedan-dynamics-to-compact-sport-utility-vehicle-segment-performance-credentials-include-220-hp-v-6-6-speed-sportronicr-transmission-and-aluminum-roof |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Mitsubishi Newsroom |language=en}}</ref>
* [[BMW]] used magnesium alloy blocks in their [[BMW N52|N52]] engine, including an aluminium alloy insert for the cylinder walls and cooling jackets surrounded by a high-temperature magnesium alloy [[AJ alloys|AJ62A]]. The engine was used worldwide between 2005 and 2011 in various 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 series models; as well as the Z4, X1, X3, and X5.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Sachin |last1=Kumar |first2=Chuansong |last2=Wu |title=Review:Mg and Its Alloy——Scope, Future Perspectives and Recent Advancements in Welding and Processing |journal=Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology |date=2017 |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=1–37 |doi=10.11916/j.issn.1005-9113.17065 }}</ref>
* [[Chevrolet]] used the magnesium alloy AE44 in the 2006 Corvette [[Corvette C6|Z06]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Aragones |first1=Jonathon |last2=Goundan |first2=Kasi |last3=Kolp |first3=Scott |last4=Osborne |first4=Richard |last5=Ouimet |first5=Larry |last6=Pinch |first6=William |title=SAE Technical Paper Series |date=2005-04-11 |chapter=Development of the 2006 Corvette Z06 Structural Cast Magnesium Crossmember |volume=1 |chapter-url=https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2005-01-0340/ |language=English |location=Warrendale, PA|doi=10.4271/2005-01-0340 }}</ref>
Both AJ62A and AE44 are recent developments in high-temperature low-[[Creep (deformation)|creep]] magnesium alloys. The general strategy for such alloys is to form [[intermetallic]] precipitates at the [[crystallite|grain boundaries]], for example by adding [[mischmetal]] or [[calcium]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Tensile and Compressive Creep of Magnesium-Aluminum-Calcium Based Alloys |date=2001 |author=Luo, Alan A. |author2=Powell, Bob R. |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Materials & Processes Laboratory, General Motors Research & Development Center |access-date=21 August 2007 |url=http://doc.tms.org/ezmerchant/prodtms.nsf/productlookupitemid/01-481x-137/%24FILE/01-481X-137F.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928023445/http://doc.tms.org/ezmerchant/prodtms.nsf/productlookupitemid/01-481x-137/%24FILE/01-481X-137F.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>