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magnesium to sulfur. It is the third largest use of Mg in a nonstructural market. Magnesium is added to molten iron or steel which helps in reacting with sulfur and

Miscellaneous applications of magnesium in (a) nodularizing iron (image taken from [42]); (b) anodes, a steel wide-beam canal barge showing a newly blacked hull is protected with the help of new magnesium anodes (image taken from [43]); (c) fire starter, shavings, sharpener, and ribbons (image taken from [44]); (d) desulfurization of steel (image reproduced from [45]); (e) new generation fast magnesium-ion solid-state electrolyte batteries (image taken from [46]); and (f) flameless ration heater (image taken from [47]).

Magnesium - The Wonder Element for Engineering/Biomedical Applications

For nodularizing cast iron, magnesium is used to produce spheroidal graphite cast iron or nodular cast iron. The addition of magnesium to cast material assists in the formation of nodules instead of flakes resulting in improved ductility. Typically, nodular cast iron is used in several components in automotive sector and pipes [33].

Printing industry uses wrought (plates) of magnesium alloys for photoengraving. This is because Mg etches rapidly, hence creating a sharp impression. Further, it also creates less hazardous by-products as compared to alternative metals [34].

Table 2 and Figure 3 list minor applications where magnesium is currently/can

In this introductory chapter, a snapshot on the diverse and multidimensional properties and capabilities of magnesium is introduced. In view of the environmental conservation and lightweighting, and to improve the fuel and cost

reduces the sulfur in the steel [32].

3.2.4 Iron nodularization

Figure 3.

3.2.5 Photoengraving

3.3 Miscellaneous applications

be potentially employed.

4. Concluding remarks

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Sravya Tekumalla<sup>1</sup> and Manoj Gupta<sup>2</sup> \*

1 School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

\*Address all correspondence to: mpegm@nus.edu.sg

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