TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructural evolution and superplasticity of rolled Mg-9Al-1Zn
AU - Mohri, T.
AU - Mabuchi, M.
AU - Nakamura, M.
AU - Asahina, T.
AU - Iwasaki, H.
AU - Aizawa, T.
AU - Higashi, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Mr H. Ichiryu (Himeji Institute of Technology) for tensile tests and microstructural observation. M.M. gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the project ‘Barrier-Free Processing of Materials for Life-Cycle Design for Environment’ by Science and Technology Agency. Also, T.A. and K.H. gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Japan as the Priority Area ‘Platform Science and Technology for Advanced Magnesium Alloys’.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Microstructural evolution and superplasticity of a Mg-9Al-1Zn alloy rolled at 673 K were investigated at 573 K and 1.5 × 10-3 s-1. The grain size of the as-rolled Mg alloy was 39.5 μm. However, the grain size of the specimen deformed to a true strain of 0.6 was 9.1 μm. The grain refinement was attributed to dynamically continuous recrystallization during an initial stage of tensile test. Stabilization of subgrain boundaries by fine particles and stimulation of continuous recrystallization by prior warm-deformation were not needed to attain dynamically continuous recrystallization in the Mg alloy. As a result of the grain refinement, the rolled Mg alloy exhibited superplastic behavior.
AB - Microstructural evolution and superplasticity of a Mg-9Al-1Zn alloy rolled at 673 K were investigated at 573 K and 1.5 × 10-3 s-1. The grain size of the as-rolled Mg alloy was 39.5 μm. However, the grain size of the specimen deformed to a true strain of 0.6 was 9.1 μm. The grain refinement was attributed to dynamically continuous recrystallization during an initial stage of tensile test. Stabilization of subgrain boundaries by fine particles and stimulation of continuous recrystallization by prior warm-deformation were not needed to attain dynamically continuous recrystallization in the Mg alloy. As a result of the grain refinement, the rolled Mg alloy exhibited superplastic behavior.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00959-X
DO - 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00959-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034301347
VL - 290
SP - 139
EP - 144
JO - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
JF - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
SN - 0921-5093
IS - 1
ER -