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CSIR-IMMT/MAT - 02
High strength light weight Mg-Al alloy for automotive applications
Advantages / Salient Technical Features
• 3 times lighter than present existing steel alloys
Strengthslightly lower/ matching better corrosion
resistance
Problem being addressed
• Weight reduction and fuel consumption
Environmental Considerations (if any)
• Environmental Friendly
Major Raw Materials to be Utilized
• Aluminium and Magnesium alloy/ ingots Commercialization Status
• Not yet commercialized , Can be demon-
IPR Status / Details (India/Abroad) strated in Lab scale
• NA
Techno-economics
Application/Uses • NA
• Automobile and structural applications
Technology Package
Scale of Development • Can be demonstrated in Lab scale
• 10 Kg scale (Current TRL Level : 03)
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