A team of scientists at the Moscow Polytechnic University will create new materials by introducing calcium into an aluminum alloy and creating electrolytic coating on their surface.

TASS Agency talks about it.

“The main goal is to create new materials with coatings. Accordingly, this means selection of alloy components, the creation of an optimum structure that will allow to obtain a material with the features required for the Arctic region. And then, already using this alloy, to choose the modes and obtain coatings with the required properties,” - notes Daria Strekalina, Doctor of Chemical Sciences and Head of the Department of Physics at the Moscow Polytechnic University.

“Firstly, the project prospective is in the creation of a new light alloy. This means, that if we use it in the Arctic region under low temperatures conditions, then, probably, it may be applied to other areas. For example, we would like the created alloy to be used in the automotive industry,” - states Daria Strekalina.

The proposed alloys of the Al-Mg-Ca-Mn system for obtaining products must become qualitative alternative to the alloys of the АМг type (aluminum-magnesium), not inferior to them in terms of manufacturability, corrosion resistance, and with a lower density.

"Conducting research on the basis of the existing world-class scientific infrastructure". The research will be conducted over four years.The project will be implemented in several stages: selection of alloying elements for new alloys, creation and study of new alloys, the composition optimization, development and application of coating. Upon completion, it is planned to obtain large-sized blanks on the industrial serial equipment. It is implemented being funded by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation within the framework of the competition