Abstract

The response of extruded Mg/nano–Al 2O 3 (1 vol.%) composite to hot working in the temperature range 300–500 °C and strain rate range 0.0003–10 s −1 has been characterized using processing map and kinetic analysis. The hot working window for the composite occurs at strain rates >0.1 s −1 and the optimum range of temperature is 400–450 °C. In this window, the behavior of the composite is similar to that of the matrix and is controlled by the grain boundary self-diffusion. At lower strain rates, however, the composite exhibits much higher apparent activation energy than that for lattice self-diffusion unlike the matrix material. The deformed microstructures revealed that the prior particle boundaries decorated by the nano-Al 2O 3 particles, are stable and do not slide, rotate or migrate but kink after compressive deformation and as such contribute to the high temperature strength of the composite.

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