Abstract
The grain size is a key characteristic to strongly affect the mechanical properties and performance, and the presence of additional phases plays an important role in affecting the microstructure evolution. In this work, a phase field model was adopted for immobile second-phase particles distributed at grain boundaries and analysed its pinning effect on polycrystalline grain growth. According to the size and distribution characteristics of second-phase particles in extruded AZ80 magnesium alloy, the effects of the particle morphology, particle size and volume fraction on the grain growth were investigated. The results showed that small-sized rod high-dispersion particles exhibit a stronger pinning effect on grain boundary migration. In addition, the generalised Zener relation of R lim = 2.49r sp/f sp −0.322 was obtained for the particles located at grain boundaries.
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