Abstract
The effect of calcium, manganese and cerium mischmetal additions on the mechanical properties of the extruded Mg-6Zn-1Y (wt%) alloy reinforced by quasicrystalline I-phase has been investigated. The tensile behaviour at room temperature can be rationalized on the basis of microstructural changes induced by the different elements added to the ternary alloy. The highest yield stress value corresponds to the material modified with cerium-rich mischmetal. Manganese addition leads to the best balance between strength and ductility while calcium addition has a negligible effect on the mechanical properties of ternary alloy. The analysis of the contributions of the different strengthening mechanisms operating during deformation reveals that grain size refinement is the main hardening contribution in all alloys mechanism followed by the strengthening due to coarse second phases. The hardening due to basal texture conferred by the existence of coarse non-recrystallized grains depends on the overall hardening induced by the rest of strengthening mechanisms.
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