Texture and anisotropy of yield strength in multistep isothermally forged Mg-5.8Zn-0.65Zr alloy

Abstract

The effect of multistep isothermal forging (MIF) on microstructure, texture and anisotropy of ambient temperature yield strength of MA14 (Mg-5.8Mg-0.65Zr (%, wt)) magnesium alloy hot-pressed rod was analyzed. It has been found that the initial axial texture is quite stable under 1st MIF step up to strain e∼4.2 at 400°C and has been gradually transformed into much weaker single-peak one at further processing at 300 and 200°C to total strain of 10.2. Such texture changes were accompanied by strong grain refinement, along with significant reduction of the alloy strength anisotropy.