Li Hui. Etchant of Metallographic Structure for Cast Magnesium Alloy[J]. Special Casting & Nonferrous Alloys, 2019,39(6):604-607. DOI: 10.15980/j.tzzz.2019.06.006.
The metallographic etching agent for as-cast magnesium alloy was analyzed.The microstructure of Mg-Al alloy
Mg-Li alloy and Mg-Zn alloy with six compositions was investigated by means of six kinds of etching agents.By observing the matrix structure and the second phase structure
the more suitable etching agent was presented.The experimental results show that the alcohol solution of picric acid acetic acid can not only show the matrix structure of magnesium alloy
but also show the second phase structure well
so it is a widely used etching agent for Mg alloy.