Improving Metal Cleanliness of Magnesium Alloy Castings for AutomotiveApplications

For the automotive industry, the need to promote sustainable materials to meet the increasing

pressures of climate change and consumer demand for improved fuel efficiencies has promoted the use

of lightweight, recyclable materials such as magnesium (Mg) alloys to reduce vehicle component

weight. Magnesium is 35 % lighter than aluminum and 78 % lighter than steel and its use has brought

about positive changes in reducing carbon emissions for automotive vehicles. However magnesium is

prone to absorbing many impurities during manufacturing making recycling difficult and expensive.

This project examines various metal cleaning techniques to the quality and recyclability of magnesium

and its alloys. The project is in collaboration with the Centre of Urban Energy at Ryerson University

which funds research initiatives related to energy conservation, electric vehicles and power generation.

Since magnesium alloys are used as lightweight materials for automotive vehicles (gasoline to pure

electric and hydrogen), the current project enables more energy conservative vehicles to enable

sustainable transportation for society.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ravi Ravindran

Student:

Partner:

Hydro One

Discipline:

Engineering

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University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

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