“…In addition, the additions of Y to the Mg-Zn-Zr alloy result an increase in the volume fraction of the interdendritic compounds [3].SEM observations showed that the microstructure of base alloy consists of solid solution structure α-Mg grains, surrounded by intermetallic phase on grain boundaries. The EDS results for base alloy showed that the matrix consists of magnesium and a small amount of zirconium and binary phase Mg 3 (Nd, Gd) [18].SEM observation and EDS results of EV31A +1 Y alloy are shown in Fig ( 2). It showed that the EV31A +1 Y alloy consisted of two phases, the α-Mg matrix and intermetallic compound contain Mg,Gd,Nd,Zn,Zr,Y which means that Y combined with the intermetallic phase, thus continuously distributed along the grain boundaries.…”