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    Characterizing forming lubricant on Magnesium alloy

    Thanks for the tips; I will look into both. Unfortunately I don't have access to the rolling lube composition (supplier proprietary). The as-received sheet was warm-formed without removing the rolling lubricant - thus baking it into the surface layer. Subsequent application of MagPASS failed...
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    Characterizing forming lubricant on Magnesium alloy

    I have warm-formed AZ31 sheet material. The lubricant used during the warm-forming process remains on the surface and is hard to remove. What method(s) would be best to characterize and study the oil layer? We think the oil may have underwent a chemical reaction with the surface of the Mg, and...

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