Özet:

Rapid depletion of world oil reserves, increasing fuel economy demands and legal restrictions on exhaust emission values have been led the automotive industry to modern lightweight structures. With the mass reduction in automobiles, it is aimed both to ensure fuel efficiency and to minimize harmful exhaust emissions caused by combustion. In this context, materials that have been superior properties are needed. Magnesium and its alloys come into prominence as the most remarkable structural materials for automotive applications with their characteristics like low density, high specific strength, easy recovery and excellent damping capacity. These materials can provide a significant gain in the weight by using them in the basic systems and components of automobiles such as interior equipment, the body of vehicles, chassis, powertrain and vehicle frontal area. Therefore, both exhaust emissions which pose a serious threat to human health and environmental quality, and fuel consumption can be minimized. In this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the importance, current and possible applications of magnesium and its alloys in the automotive industry.

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