Magnesium technology 2013 : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Magnesium Committee of the Light Metals Division of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society (TMS) held during the TMS 2013 annual meeting & exhibition San Antonio Texas USA March 3 7 2013 ; [14th edition of this meeting] The Magnesium Technology Symposium the event on which this volume is based is one of the largest yearly gatherings of magnesium experts in the world. Papers reflect all aspects of the field including primary production to applications recycling basic research findings and industrialization. Readers will find broad coverage of current topics including alloys and their properties cast products and processing wrought products and processing corrosion and surface finishing ecology and more. New and emerging applications in such areas as hydrogen storage are also examined.