Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2019, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 321-331.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-018-0765-x

所属专题: 2019年镁合金专辑

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  • 收稿日期:2018-12-13 修回日期:2018-03-26 出版日期:2019-03-10 发布日期:2019-02-22

Characterization of the High-Strength Mg-3Nd-0.5Zn Alloy Prepared by Thermomechanical Processing

Ji$\check{r}$í Kubásek1(), Drahomír Dvorsky1, Jozef Vesely2, Peter Minárik2, Mária Zemková2, Dalibor Vojt$\check{e}$ch1   

  1. 1 Department of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic
    2 Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
  • Received:2018-12-13 Revised:2018-03-26 Online:2019-03-10 Published:2019-02-22
  • About author: Dr. Kun-Kun Deng was born in 1983 and was awarded Ph. D in Harbin University of Technology in 2011. After graduation, he worked in the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology. At the same time, he continued his research work on the design, fabrication and processing of advanced Mg-based material in. Now, he is the vice chairman of Youth Committee in Magnesium Alloy Branch of Chinese Materials Research Society. He was denoted as young academic pacemaker of Shanxi Province in 2018. He has held two projects of National Nature Science Foundation of China, one project of Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, one Project of International Cooperation in Shanxi and two projects of Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi. He has published more than 60 articles. The time cited is more than 840 (without selfcitations), and the H-index is 22. In addition, he has published one academic monograph and acquired eight Chinese patents.

Abstract:

Magnesium alloys based on Nd and Zn are promising materials for both aviation industry and medical applications. Superior mechanical properties of these materials can be achieved by thermomechanical processing such as extrusion or rolling and by aging treatment, which can significantly strengthen the alloy. The question remains especially about the connection of texture strength created in the alloys based on the specific conditions of preparation. This work focuses on the Mg-3Nd-0.5Zn magnesium alloy prepared by hot extrusion of the as-cast state at two different temperatures combined with heat pre-treatment. Extrusion ratio of 16 and rate of 0.2 mm/s at 350 and 400 °C were selected for material preparation. The structures of prepared materials were studied by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The effect of microstructure on mechanical properties was evaluated. Obtained results revealed the strong effect of thermal pre-treatment on final microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded materials. The Hall-Petch relation between grain size and tensile yield strength has been suggested in this paper based on the literature review and presented data. The observed behavior strongly supports the fact that the Hall-Petch of extruded Mg-3Nd-0.5Zn alloys with different texture intensities cannot be clearly estimated and predicted. In addition, Hall-Petch relations presented in literature can be sufficiently obtained only for fraction of the Mg-3Nd-0.5Zn alloys.

Key words: Mg-Nd-Zn alloys, Extrusion, Thermal treatment, Microstructure, Mechanical properties