The ignition-proof effect of Ca and Be in Mg alloys

The atomic cluster models of α-Mg，liquid Mg and the interface between liquid/solid have been founded. The environment-sensitive embedding energy of Ca and Be in α-Mg，liquid Mg，liquid/solid interface has been calculated by recursion method. The atomic affinity energy between Mg，Ca，Be with O has been defined and calculated. The calculated results show that the solid solubility of Ca and Be is very small in α-Mg，because of their higher environment-sensitive embedding energy leads to instability in α-Mg crystal. The Ca and Be diffuse in to the liquid Mg, which has lower environment-sensitive embedding energy than the solid，and congregate on the surface of liquid Mg as the alloys solidify. Because the atomic affinity energy of Ca-O and Be-O is lower than Mg-O，The Ca and Be aggregating on the surface of liquid Mg will priorly combined with O，forming compact oxides of Ca，Be and alloys of elements，which prevent Mg alloys from burning.