Determination of Mechanical Properties and Structural Evaluation of the Alloy AZ31 with Different Content of Calcium

Mechanical properties of magnesium alloy AZ31 with different content of calcium were compared in this bachelor thesis. Specimens contain 0,5 wt%, 1 wt%, 2 wt% Ca and one of them was free of calcium. Specimens with 1 wt% and 2 wt% of calcium were heat treated to match them up with as fabricated alloy. The thesis presents information about chemical composition and resultes of tensile and hardness tests. Microstructures of alloys recorded on the light microscopy pictures are included as well