EFFECTS OF ROLLING DEFORMATION ON TEXTURE AND LPSO PHASE OF SPRAY-DEPOSITED MAGNESIUM ALLOYS CONTAINING Nd

Abstract

Mg alloys have been applied widely as structural materials over the past decades, with low density, high specific strength, stiffness, specific elastic modulus, and high recycling rate. However, their features of poor ductility and formability at room temperature have limited their application due to hexagonal close-packed crystal structure with less independent slip systems. Grain refinement and texture randomization are two means to activate other slip systems. In this work, the billets of Mg-9Al-3Zn-1Mn-6Ca-2Nd alloy produced by spraying deposition method (the Osprey process) were studied in order to analyze the effect of rolling deformation at 350 °C and pass reduction e =20%, 25% and 30% on texture and microstructure evolution of an extruded size-asymmetry Mg alloy by SEM, TEM and XRD. The results show that under the condition of reduction of e =20% at 350 °C, a long-period stacking ordered phase with 24R structure was formed in (Ca, Nd)Al2 phase (C15 Laves phase ). All of basal texture (0002), prismatic texture {1010} , and pyramidal texture {1012} were activated, with pole density level weakened while pass reduction increased (e =20% , 25% and 30% ), namely, texture randomization achieved in Mg alloy, with main causes of nanometer-sized dispersed C15 phase impeding dislocation movement 第938-944页 pp.938-944