Mechanical properties and microstructure of as-extruded AZ31 Mg alloy at high temperatures.pdf

Materials Science and Engineering A 530 (2011) 51–56 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Materials Science and Engineering A j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/msea Mechanical properties and microstructure of as-extruded AZ31 Mg alloy at high temperatures Bin Jiang a,b,∗ , Wenjun Liu a,b , Siqiang Chen a,b , Qingshan Yang a,b , Fusheng Pan b a College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China b National Engineering Research Center for Magnesium Alloy, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The mechanical properties of deformed AZ31 Mg alloy at high temperature of 450–600 ◦ C with a strain Received 10 June 2011 rate of 3 s−1 were investigated by tensile tests. The zero strength of AZ31 Mg alloy was emerged at a mushy Received in revised form 5 September 2011 state (600 ◦ C), while the zero ductility was appeared at 575 ◦ C, just below the solidus temperature. The Accepted 7 September 2011 ◦ abnormal coarsening of the grains happened at the temperature of 525–575 C and some molten grain Available online 17 September 2011 boundaries were observed at 600 ◦ C. Finally the morphology and crack propagation of fracture surface were also discussed. Keywords: