Mg-12 Li, Mg-12 Li-3（Al-Si）, Mg-12 Li-7（Al-Si） and Mg-12 Li-9（Al-Si） alloys（all in wt%） were fabricated by high frequency vacuum induction melting in a water cooled copper crucible. After subsequently hotrolling and annealing, their microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated. Experimental results show that mechanical properties of Mg-12 Li alloy were significantly improved by the addition of Al-Si eutectic alloy. Mg-12 Li-7（Al-Si） alloy shows the highest strength of 196 MPa of the investigated alloys, which is about 1.8 times of the strength of Mg-12 Li alloy, and maintains high elongation of 27%.The improved mechanical property with addition of Al and Si in the eutectic proportion into Mg-12 Li alloy was attributed to the solution strengthening effect of A1 and precipitation hardening effect from AlLi and Mg_2 Si precipitates.
Zilong ZhaoXuegang XingJinyu MaLiping BianWei LiangYide Wang
To improve the comprehensive mechanical properties of Mg-15AI magnesium alloy, different amounts （from 0 to 4.0wt.%） of Nd were added to the alloy and six Mg-15AI-xNd alloys were prepared by metal mould casting. The effect of Nd content on microstructure of the alloys was investigated by means of OM, SEM, EDS, TEM, and XRD. The tensile properties were tested at room temperature （RT） and high temperature （473 K）. The results indicate that the primary a-Mg dendrite is significantly refined with the addition of Nd. The best refinement is reached at 1.0wt.% Nd content and the average dendrite arm spacing decreases from 80- 100 pm （without Nd addition） to -20 pm. A further increase in Nd content leads to the coarsening of the primary a-Mg dendrite. The addition of Nd improves the tensile properties of Mg-15AI both at RT and 473 K. The Mg-15AI alloy containing 1.0wt.% Nd exhibits the best tensile properties. Compared with the alloy without Nd, the yield and ultimate tensile strength of the Mg-15AI-1.0Nd alloy at RT increase from 132.3 to 148.6 MPa and 152.3 to 189.6 MPa, increase by 12.3% and 24.5%, respectively; and the elongation at RT increases from 0.05 % to 1.24%. The yield and tensile strength of the alloy at 473 K increase from 97.9 to 115.3 MPa and 121.6 to 140.1 MPa, increase by 15.2% and 20%, respectively. Further increment of Nd content to 1.5wt.% degrades the tensile properties, which is ascribed to grain coarsening and growth of the AI-Nd phase.
The as-cast pure magnesium(Mg), with a purity of 99.99%, was hot-extruded at 300 ℃ to prepare a Mg bar with a diameter of 8 mm. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the sample before and after extrusion were investigated. The results show that the as-extruded microstructure is obviously refined with a large number of subgrains rather than equiaxed grains. A great number of(102) tensile twins can be observed significantly in the microstructure at the temperature. Mechanical properties including yield strength(YS) and ultimate tensile strength(UTS) increase greatly but uniform elongation(UE) decreases slightly as a result of work hardening.
The（submicron＋micron） bimodal size Si Cp-reinforced Mg matrix composite was compressed at the temperature of 270–420 °C and strain rate of 0.001–1 s^-1. Then, dynamic recrystallization（DRX） behavior of the composite was investigated by thermodynamic method and verified by microstructure analysis. Results illustrated that the composite possess the lower critical strain and higher DRX ratio as compared to monolithic Mg alloys during hot deformation process. The predicted DRX ratio increased with the proceeding of compression, which was well consistent with the experimental value. Results from thermodynamic calculation suggested that the occurrence of DRX could be promoted by Si Cp, which would be further proved by microstructure analysis. Formation of particle deformation zone around micron Si Cp played a significant role in promoting DRX nucleation. Nevertheless, the distribution of submicron Si Cp was increasingly uniform with the proceeding of compression, which could fully restrain grain growth. Therefore, the corporate effects of micron and submicron Si Cp on DRX contributed to the improvement of DRXed ratio and the refinement of grain size for the composite during compression process.
