Magnesium Wheel Market – Hermal Conductivity, Which Increases Brake Life by Dissipating Heat Generated when Brakes Are Applied
Magnesium is a lighter material than aluminum. Moreover, it has a silvery shine, which makes wheels manufactured from it attractive. Nowadays, automotive wheels are made of magnesium alloys, which contain magnesium as the base metal and aluminum, tungsten, zinc, manganese, silicon, and copper as alloying elements. Magnesium wheels were introduced to the automotive industry in 1930. Magnesium is a corrosion sensitive metal. Therefore its alloys, which offer superior qualities than magnesium, are preferred.
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