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Strength, ductility and corrosion resistance have been simultaneously obtained in a low-density lithium-containing magnesium alloy, thereby enhancing its potential use in transportation.

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Figure 1: Atomic reconstruction of a 40 × 40 × 70 nm3 region of the Li-containing Mg alloy from atom probe tomography data.
Figure 2: Schematic representation of the optimized microstructure.

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  1. Gerald S. Frankel is at the Fontana Corrosion Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA,

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