Edward Tenn

A Look At Magnesium’s Largest Supplying Nations

American industries looking for more environmentally sound materials often look to magnesium alloys for the answer. Unfortunately, American manufacturers do not provide the vast majority of the magnesium needed. Those stores come from other international ... Read >

Fighting Corrosion in Boating

Corrosion is a process that is greatly affected by the water that boats reside in. Over time, the metals that make up a boat's hull will develop galvanic corrosion due to constant contact with the water. That is why boat manufacturers will use materials o... Read >

Magnesium Alloy vs. Plastic

Plastic and steel were once the staples in consumer electronics casings. Today, that doesn't seem to have changed. However, many of the new electronics that seem to be sporting a lightweight plastic housing, or strong steel one are actually comprised of n... Read >

Places Magnesium Has Taken Over - In Secret

Magnesium alloys have turned up in automobiles, airplanes, boats, factory machinery, human implants, sports equipment, and consumer electronics. It seems that the metal is also pulling duty in other products and industries. Think missile defense, travel, ... Read >

Anodes Explained

Unless you are in the heating and air, pipe-fitting, or boating industries, you probably do not know about anodes and how they protect metals that spend their lives in constant contact with water. Water heaters for example cannot resist corrosion for year... Read >

4 Things You Should Know About Thixomolding

Magnesium alloys today can be found and used in ways that they could not in the metal's heyday in the 1950's. In fact, the magnesium alloys used today have the added advantage of being environmentally friendly. With the abundance of literature available o... Read >

A Closer Look at Thixomolding

The Thixomolding process appears to have taken over the magnesium casting market. The faster, environmentally friendly, and cheaper process spearheaded by Michigan based Thixomat Corporation has become the process used in cresting the magnesium products t... Read >

Magnesium Casting Facts

Casting is the means by which magnesium alloys make it onto automobiles, aviation and aerospace structures. It involves melting the metals at extremely high temperatures and pouring the molten liquid into a mold to cool. After the mold is taken away, a pa... Read >

The Recycled Magnesium Alloy Appeal

One of magnesium’s admirable attributes is its recycle-ability. The metal is certainly one of the most abundant. However, the ability to recycle if without compromising the integrity of the metal is an attribute that few metals have. The most common ones ... Read >

3 Magnesium Alloy Implant Risks

Some patients have expressed concern over metal poisoning and the degradable implants made out of magnesium alloys. While studies are in progress to explore the affects of the excess metals on the body, doctors using the materials are confident that the b... Read >

5 Uses for Magnesium in Medicine

The news of the day is degradable magnesium alloy bone implants and their use for complex fractures. However, magnesium alloy sheets and castings are showing up in other areas of the medical field. Here are just five places where you may be able to spot m... Read >

Magnesium Alloys - Not the Typical Medical Metal

Once upon a time, the reigning king metal of the medical field was titanium. Second best was stainless steel. Both were considered highly bio-compatible: resistant to corrosion, exhibiting impressive strength while having few adverse affects on the body. ... Read >

Busting the Magnesium Fire Myth

There is concern over the use of an ingredient in fireworks (magnesium) to create lightweight parts for a car, sporting equipment, medicine, etc. True, magnesium reacts to fire with very bright and extremely high heat flame. It can also have an explosive ... Read >

Where is the Magnesium Alloy Car?

Barriers to construction of a car made of magnesium alloys.Designing a lighter engine and car frame is the talk of the automobile industry. However, the car that is built of this stronger and lighter metal has yet to surface. Sure, magnesium has been used... Read >

Magnesium Sheeting in Aerospace Engineering

The aerospace industry is one that requires lightweight but very strong materials in order to protect the passengers aboard the aircraft and also the multimillion dollar equipment. This is why magnesium was adapted early on for the industry's projects. To... Read >