A First-Time Investigation into Ecofriendly and Biocompatible Mg-Se Binary System for a Greener Earth

In this study, the Mg-15Se binary system was, for the first time, investigated and synthesized using the powder metallurgy (PM) method, including microwave sintering and hot extrusion. The resulting material was shown to possess visible pores with a porosity of 2.91%, higher than other Mg materials synthesized using this method in the literature. Despite this, the material not only exhibited a comparable corrosion response with pure Mg but also a significantly superior mechanical response (76% greater damping capacity, 57% increase in hardness, and increases of 21%, 50%, and 51% for compressive yield strength, ultimate compressive strength, and fracture strain, respectively). Thus, this not only opens the door for future work concerning the addition of medicinal Se to nutritional Mg element and the optimization of process parameters but also could potentially be making inroads into the biomedical field with the use of selenium as a biomedical-oriented alloying element.