Gd对ZK60镁合金组织与力学性能的影响.pdf

Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 23(2013) 2568−2576 Effects of Gd on microstructure and mechanical property of ZK60 magnesium alloy Zheng-hua HUANG, Wen-jun QI, Jing XU Guangzhou Research Institute of Non-ferrous Metals, Guangzhou 510650, China Received 12 July 2012; accepted 15 November 2012 Abstract: Microstructures and phase compositions of as-cast and extruded ZK60−xGd (x=0−4) alloys were investigated. Meanwhile, the tensile mechanical property was tested. With increasing the Gd content, as-cast microstructure is refined gradually. Mg−Zn−Gd new phase increases gradually, while MgZn2 phase decreases gradually to disappear. The second phase tends to distribute along grain boundary by continuous network. As-cast tensile mechanical property is reduced slightly at ambient temperature when the Gd content does not exceed 2.98%. After extrusion by extrusion ratio of 40 and extrusion temperature of 593 K, microstructure is refined further with decreasing the average grain size to 2 µm for ZK60−2.98Gd alloy. Broken second phase distributes along the extrusion direction by zonal shape. Extruded tensile mechanical property is enhanced significantly. Tensile strength values at 298 and 473 K increase gradually from 355 and 120 MPa for ZK60 alloy to 380 and 164 MPa for ZK60−2.98Gd alloy, respectively. Extruded tensile fractures exhibit a typical character of ductile fracture. Key words: ZK60 magnesium alloy; Gd modification; extrusion; microstructure; mechanical property; fracture morphology distribution and volume fraction of second phase can 1 Introduction