Table of contents : Magnesium Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications......Page 4 Preface......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Microstructural Design for Enhanced Elevated Temperature Properties in Sand-castable Magnesium Alloys......Page 28 Thermodynamic Database for Mg-alloys: Progress and Application to Mg-Al-Ca-Si Alloy Development......Page 39 Development of the new Creep Resistant Alloy AS31......Page 45 Phase Formation, Precipitation and Strengthening Mechanisms in Mg-Zn-Sn Alloys......Page 52 Die Casting for High Performance – Focus on Alloy Development......Page 58 New Mg-Alloys for the Thixomolding Process......Page 64 Structure and Morphology of Effective Obstacles in High Performance Mg – Rare Earth Base Alloys......Page 70 Regularities in the Phase Diagrams and Behavior During Aging of the Ternary Mg-Base Alloys Containing Two Rare-Earth Metals of Different Subgroups......Page 76 Development of New Magnesium Alloys for Advanced Applications......Page 82 Creep Resistance and Creep Kinetics of Mg-alloys......Page 89 Creep Behaviour of MgZnRE Alloys Formed by Semi-Solid-Casting......Page 95 Creep Resistant Magnesium Alloys for Powertrain Applications......Page 101 Russian Ultralight Constructional Mg–Li Alloys. Their Structure, Properties, Manufacturing, Applications......Page 121 The Effect of Grain Size on the Mechanical Properties of AM-SC1......Page 127 Thermal Properties of Mg-Li and Mg-Li-Al Alloys......Page 133 Designing for Improved Creep Resistance in the RE – Free Magnesium Alloys......Page 137 Ageing Characteristics and Creep Resistance of Mg-Y-Nd-Sc-Mn Alloy......Page 143 Deformation Behaviour of Mg-Li-Al Alloys at Room and Elevated Temperatures......Page 149 The Effect of Grain Size on the Bolt Load Retention Behaviour of AMC-SC1......Page 155 High Temperature Behaviour of a new Mg-Ca-Zn Alloy......Page 161 Investigation of die Cast Mg-Al Alloys with Additions of Sn, Si and Sb......Page 167 An Electron Microscopy Investigation on as-cast AZ91D Alloy Modified with Nitrogen......Page 177 Recrystallization Behaviour of Four Magnesium Alloys......Page 185 Dynamic Recrystallization of Mg-3Al-1Zn......Page 191 Mechanical Properties and Formability of PM Mg-Al Based Alloys......Page 197 Corrosion Properties of Conversion Plasma Coated Magnesium Alloys......Page 203 The effect of variations in Melt Temperature on the Grain Structures in an AM60 die Casting......Page 209 Microstructural Characterisation of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy......Page 217 Microstructural Changes of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy After Heat Treatment......Page 223 Microstructure of Ultra Fine Grained Mg and Mg-10 wt.% Gd Prepared by High-Pressure Torsion......Page 229 Development of New Grain Structure and Tensile Properties Improving in a Hot Pressed and ECAP Processed ZK60 Magnesium Alloy......Page 235 Texture Formation and Texture Modelling of AZ31 Magnesium Wrought Alloy......Page 241 Texture Development of AM20 Tensile Samples Under Load......Page 247 Strengthening Phases in Extruded Quasicrystal Containing Mg-Zn-Y Alloys......Page 253 Grain Structure Characterization of AM60 Die Castings by Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Measurements in SEM......Page 259 Possibilities of ECAP of Magnesium Alloy......Page 263 Electron Probe Micro Analysis of Sedimented Zirconium Particles in Magnesium......Page 269 Superplasticity in Hot-rolled Magnesium Alloy AZ31 Sheets......Page 275 Extrusion of Magnesium Profiles and Microstructure Characterization......Page 281 Investigating the Plastic Deformation Behaviour of Magnesium Alloy AZ31 by Plane Strain Forging of U and H Sections......Page 287 Application of Isothermal Rolling for Improvement of Sheet Formability of a Magnesium Alloy......Page 293 Influence of Al Content (