A high-performance magnesium alloy specifically developed for demanding aerospace applications, designed to provide superior mechanical properties and improved corrosion resistance with an operating temperature up to 200˚C.
Elektron 21 Direct Chill Strand Cast Billet and Slab can be machined faster than any other metal and save precious time and reduce cost.
Please contact us for additional information on machining best practices for magnesium alloys.
Elektron® 21 shows superior fire resistance compared to traditional magnesium alloys. Elektron® 21 has demonstrated equivalent level of safety to Aluminium alloys (baseline) in aircraft passenger cabin occupancy.
It passes the following FAA/EASA Fire Tests:
- Oil Burner Flammability Test for Magnesium Alloy Seat Structure Chapter 25
Typical tensile properties at room temperature design data
Table 1.
Elevated temperature mechanical properties(1)
Figure 1. Effect of temperature on tensile properties.
Table 2. Room temperature tensile properties after long term heat exposure – Minimum of 3 test bars at each test condition.
Figure 2. Fatigue curves for DC cast Elektron® 21, tested at room and elevated temperature at rotating frequencies 50 Hz and 150 Hz adjusted to a run out of 20 million cycles.
