Effect of Ag, In and AgIn Alloying Additions on Microstructure and Texture of Mg-3Al-1Zn Alloy during Multi-Pass Warm Rolling
In the present investigation the rolling response, microstructure and texture evolution of four Mg alloys during multi-pass warm rolling were evaluated. The nominal composition of the base alloy (alloy-1) was Mg-3Al-1Zn. The alloy-2, 3 and 4 were developed by separate additions of non-rare earth ele...
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Published in | Key engineering materials Vol. 778; pp. 33 - 44 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Zurich
Trans Tech Publications Ltd
01.09.2018
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Summary: | In the present investigation the rolling response, microstructure and texture evolution of four Mg alloys during multi-pass warm rolling were evaluated. The nominal composition of the base alloy (alloy-1) was Mg-3Al-1Zn. The alloy-2, 3 and 4 were developed by separate additions of non-rare earth elements Ag and In, and a master alloy 85Ag15In (wt.%) to make target compositions Mg-3Al-1Zn-0.5x, (x = Ag ,In, AgIn). Samples from all four alloys were subjected to multi-pass warm rolling at 300 °C to accumulative reductions of 50, 75 and 90% with 8 minutes inter-pass annealing. For all four alloys, crack free sheets of less than 1 mm thickness were produced successfully with true strain corresponding to 90% reduction. The as-cast microstructures revealed second phase particles at grain boundaries and grains interiors for all alloys. A slight scatter in the size of the deformed grains was observed for alloy-1, 2 and 3 after rolling reductions of 50, 75 and 90%. However, a sustained decrease in grain size with increasing the rolling reductions was only observed in alloy-4, despite inter-pass annealing. XRD macro-texture results of alloy-2 and 3 presented very strong basal texture showing almost concentric contours around normal direction (ND). Such strong sheet texture is attributed to a preferential alignment of basal planes parallel to the sheet surface. On the other hand alloy-1 and alloy-4 revealed a weaker texture with basal poles spread more towards transverse direction (TD) as compared to rolling direction (RD) and may be due to the activation of some <c+a> non-basal slip and twinning in addition to basal slip under the same processing parameters. |
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Bibliography: | Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 15th International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM-2017), October 16-20, 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan |
ISSN: | 1013-9826 1662-9795 1662-9795 |
DOI: | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.778.33 |