ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,743, issued on May 26, was assigned to Central South University (Changsha, China).

"Low-alloyed magnesium alloy with high ductility and high damping capacities at room temperature and preparation method thereof" was invented by Chuming Liu (Changsha, China), Shunong Jiang (Changsha, China), Yajie Ma (Changsha, China), Yonghao Gao (Changsha, China) and Yingchun Wan (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-alloyed magnesium (Mg) alloy with high ductility and high damping capacities at room temperature and a preparation method thereof are provided. The low-alloyed Mg alloy with high ductility and high damping capacities incl...