Thermodynamic Simulation of Phase Formation During Blending of Mg‐Alloys by Thixomolding

Abstract Thixomolding, as a semisolid processing approach, offers a unique opportunity to produce new Mg‐alloys by mixing different feedstock chips at room temperature. This way of blending or mixing two or more commercially available standard Mg alloys will produce a new alloy with different melting range, solidification path, phase distribution and metallurgical and mechanical properties. This paper demonstrates the applicability of thermodynamic modeling to generate detailed information about phase formation in thixomolding process. For this purpose the process is pictured by appropriate thermodynamic calculations using a multicomponent Mg alloy database.