The dilemma of choosing between superb grain boundary strengthening and excellent precipitation strengthening is commonly faced in the pursuit of high-strength age-hardenable Mg alloys.Here,a strategy for addressing t...The dilemma of choosing between superb grain boundary strengthening and excellent precipitation strengthening is commonly faced in the pursuit of high-strength age-hardenable Mg alloys.Here,a strategy for addressing this dilemma via the balance between grain refinement and weakening of dynamic precipitation is proposed and applied on a Mg-10.95Gd-2.06Ag(wt%)alloy treated by sequential processing of equalchannel angular pressing(ECAP),hot rolling and aging.The hot rolling leads to a noticeable dissolution of the dynamic precipitates intensively formed during prior ECAP,together with a tolerable grain growth.Meanwhile,numerous multi-twinning-induced lamellar bands(LBs)demarcated by coaxial grain boundaries(CGBs)subdivide the grains.For the first time,a quadruple twinning pattern for the formation of CGB with a misorientation of~135°is raised.During post-rolling aging,besides the commonβ’andγ”precipitates and theβnano-particles whose Gd/Ag ratio is much lower than that of dynamically precipitatedβparticles,theβ”/βT precipitates,CGB segregation,and stacking fault(SF)-associated segregation/γ’precipitates within LBs,are also involved with the precipitation structure.Benefiting from this complex precipitation structure,a good age-hardening ability manifested by the aging-induced tensile yield strength(TYS)increment reaching 115 MPa is attained.Combining with the strengthening from grain boundaries,dislocations,solutes,and basal texture,a high TYS of 447 MPa is achieved.展开更多
Microstructure and mechanical properties of aged Mg-10Gd-2Y-0.4Zr-0.4Ag alloy sheets prepared by different rolling routes were investigated.The results showed that the cross rolling aged(CRA)sheet possesses larger gra...Microstructure and mechanical properties of aged Mg-10Gd-2Y-0.4Zr-0.4Ag alloy sheets prepared by different rolling routes were investigated.The results showed that the cross rolling aged(CRA)sheet possesses larger grain size than unidirectional rolling aged(URA)sheet due to the occurrence of dynamic recovery during rolling which reduces the dislocation density and delays dynamic recrystallization(DRX).The URA sheet has basal texture and RD favored texture while CRA sheet has multiple-peak texture.Both sheets precipitate β'phase and CRA sheet exhibits a stronger aging response.The CRA sheet has higher yield strength and tensile strength than URA sheet,with reduced yield strength anisotropy but increased tensile strength anisotropy.Taking into account different strengthening mechanisms,although the finer grain size of URA sheet enhances grain boundary strengthening,CRA sheet is more responsive to aging,leading to superior aging-precipitated phase strengthening and consequently higher yield strength.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51979099&51774109)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.BK 20191303)+2 种基金Key Research and Development Project of Jiangsu Province of China(Grant No.BE2017148)Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.KYCX22_0632)Suqian Sci&Tech Program(Grant No.K202113).
文摘The dilemma of choosing between superb grain boundary strengthening and excellent precipitation strengthening is commonly faced in the pursuit of high-strength age-hardenable Mg alloys.Here,a strategy for addressing this dilemma via the balance between grain refinement and weakening of dynamic precipitation is proposed and applied on a Mg-10.95Gd-2.06Ag(wt%)alloy treated by sequential processing of equalchannel angular pressing(ECAP),hot rolling and aging.The hot rolling leads to a noticeable dissolution of the dynamic precipitates intensively formed during prior ECAP,together with a tolerable grain growth.Meanwhile,numerous multi-twinning-induced lamellar bands(LBs)demarcated by coaxial grain boundaries(CGBs)subdivide the grains.For the first time,a quadruple twinning pattern for the formation of CGB with a misorientation of~135°is raised.During post-rolling aging,besides the commonβ’andγ”precipitates and theβnano-particles whose Gd/Ag ratio is much lower than that of dynamically precipitatedβparticles,theβ”/βT precipitates,CGB segregation,and stacking fault(SF)-associated segregation/γ’precipitates within LBs,are also involved with the precipitation structure.Benefiting from this complex precipitation structure,a good age-hardening ability manifested by the aging-induced tensile yield strength(TYS)increment reaching 115 MPa is attained.Combining with the strengthening from grain boundaries,dislocations,solutes,and basal texture,a high TYS of 447 MPa is achieved.
基金Project(2023GK2020)supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province,China。
文摘Microstructure and mechanical properties of aged Mg-10Gd-2Y-0.4Zr-0.4Ag alloy sheets prepared by different rolling routes were investigated.The results showed that the cross rolling aged(CRA)sheet possesses larger grain size than unidirectional rolling aged(URA)sheet due to the occurrence of dynamic recovery during rolling which reduces the dislocation density and delays dynamic recrystallization(DRX).The URA sheet has basal texture and RD favored texture while CRA sheet has multiple-peak texture.Both sheets precipitate β'phase and CRA sheet exhibits a stronger aging response.The CRA sheet has higher yield strength and tensile strength than URA sheet,with reduced yield strength anisotropy but increased tensile strength anisotropy.Taking into account different strengthening mechanisms,although the finer grain size of URA sheet enhances grain boundary strengthening,CRA sheet is more responsive to aging,leading to superior aging-precipitated phase strengthening and consequently higher yield strength.
