Surface Engineering of Light Alloys: Aluminum, Magnesium and Titanium Alloys

The growing use of light alloys in industries such as aerospace, sports equipment and biomedical devices is driving research into surface engineering technologies to enhance their properties for the desired end use. Surface engineering of light alloys: aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys provides a comprehensive review of the latest technologies for modifying the surfaces of light alloys to improve their corrosion, wear and tribological properties.

Part I discusses surface degradation of light alloys, with chapters on corrosion behaviour of magnesium alloys and protection techniques, wear properties of aluminium-based alloys and tribological behaviour of titanium alloys. Part II reviews suface engineering technologies for light alloys including anodising, plasma electrolytic oxidation, thermal spraying, cold spraying, physical vapour deposition, plasma assisted surface treatment, PIII/PSII treatments, laser surface engineered light alloys including sports equipment, biomedical devices, and plasma electroytic oxidation and anodised aluminium alloys for spacecraft applications.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Surface engineering of light alloys: aluminium, magnesium and titanium alloys will be a standard reference book for engineers, metallurgists and materials scientists looking for a comprehensive source of information on surface engineering of aluminium, magnesium, and titanium alloys.

Dr. Hanshan Dong is a Reader in surface engineering in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at The University of Birmingham, UK.

Dr. Hanshan Dong is a reader in surface engineering in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK.