Abstract
Creep experiments were performed on dispersion-strengthened-cast magnesium (DSC-Mg), consisting of unalloyed magnesium with 1 μm grain size containing 30 vol.% of 0.33 μm yttria particles. Strain rates were measured for temperatures between 573 and 723 K at compressive stresses between 7 and 125 MPa. DSC-Mg exhibits outstanding creep strength as compared with other magnesium materials, but is less creep resistant than comparable DSC-Al and other dispersion-strengthened aluminum materials. Two separate creep regimes were observed in DSC-Mg, at low stresses ( σ<30 MPa), both the apparent stress exponent ( n app≈2) and the apparent activation energy ( Q app≈48 kJ mol −1) are low, while at high stresses ( σ>34 MPa), these parameters are much higher ( n app=9–15 and Q app=230–325 kJ mol −1) and increase, respectively, with increasing temperature and stress. The low-stress regime can be explained by an existing model of grain-boundary sliding inhibited by dispersoids at grain-boundaries. The unexpectedly low activation energy (about half the activation energy of grain boundary diffusion in pure magnesium) is interpreted as interfacial diffusion at the Mg/Y 2O 3 interface. The high-stress regime can be described by dislocation creep with dispersion-strengthening from the interaction of the submicron particles with matrix dislocations. The origin of the threshold stress is discussed in the light of existing dislocation climb, detachment and pile-up models.
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