An Investigation on Effects by Adding Cerium and Lithium on Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of AZ91D + XCe + XLi Cast Mg Alloy

Table 1

Chemical composition of magnesium alloys used in this work.

Experimental alloys	Al (%)	Mn (%)	Zn (%)	Si (%)	Ce (%)	Li (%)	Fe (%)	Mg (%)
AZ91D	8.8	0.02	0.4	0.1	-	-	0.005	Balance
AZ91D + 0.5 Ce + 0.5Li	8.73	0.15	0.33	0.07	0.45	0.43	0.005	Balance
AZ91D + 1.0 Ce + 1.0Li	8.85	0.08	0.52	0.15	0.91	0.852	0.04	Balance
AZ91D + 2.0 Ce + 2.0Li	8.63	0.10	0.80	0.18	1.812	1.83	0.004	Balance