Melmag® Battery Plate and Strip

Luxfer Mel Technologies produce a range of magnesium alloys to meet all seawater battery applications. These include the traditional commercial materials AZ31 and AZ61, as well as the high power speciality magnesium alloys developed by Luxfer Mel Technologies such as MELMAG® AP65, MELMAG® 75 and MELMAG® AT61

This lightweight alloy is available as balls, extruded rods, bars, tubes and profiles to produce components that have strength and ductility in demanding environments, as well as a controlled dissolution rate that will effectively dissolve the component.

Product Information

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Condition

MELMAG® AP65, 75, and AT61 sheet is normally supplied solution treated and weight flattened, while AZ31 and AZ61 sheet is annealed and weight flattened.

AZ31 and AZ61 coiled strip is available as-fabricated or annealed at the user’s option.

Packing

MELMAG® AP65, 75, and AT61 sheet is packed flat in convenient lots, sealed in polythene envelopes with silica gel dessicant bags to B.S. 2540. The envelopes are packed in waterproofed wooden cases with wooden spacers to maintain flatness when required. AZ31 and AZ61 coils are packed horizontally (eye to the sky) in sealed steel drums with silica gel dessicant bags. Drums are palletised for ease in handling.

Product availability

MELMAG® AP65, 75, and AT61 are available only as flat sheet. AZ31 and AZ61 are available as flat sheet or coiled strip. Special shapes may be blanked in sheet form in accordance with customers’ requirements.

Surface finish

Sheet or strip is normally supplied scratchbrushed on both sides with a surface finish in the range 500 – 3125 nanometres C.L.A. Contact resistance immediately after brushing is not more than 100 micro ohms/cm2 with a contact pressure of 17 N/mm2.
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