HIGH-STRENGTH MAGNESIUM ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

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The invention provides a high-strength magnesium alloy which is improved in high-temperature strength without using any expensive rare earth element with cost reduction and a process for the production of the alloy. A high-strength magnesium alloy represented by the composition formula : Mg100-(a+b)ZnaXb(wherein X is at least one member selected from among Zr, Ti and Hf and a and b are contents of Zn and X respectively as represented in at% and satisfy the relationships (1), (2) and (3) : (1) a/28 ≤ b ≤ a/9, (2) 2 < a < 10, and (3) 0.05 < b < 1.0), wherein Mg-Zn-X quasicrystals and approximants thereof in theform of fine particles are dispersed in a Mg mother phase; and a process for the production of the high-strength magnesium alloy which comprises melting Mg in an inert atmosphere to form molten Mg, adding Mg-Zn-X quasicrystals (wherein X is at least one of Zr, Ti and Hf) to the molten Mg to form a molten alloy, casting the molten alloy, and heat-treating the cast alloy to precipitate the quasicrystals and approximants thereof in the Mg mother phase.