Microstructural evolution during the annealing of an extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy.pdf

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 506 (2010) 364–371 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/jallcom Microstructural evolution during the annealing of an extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy Sangbong Yi a,∗ , Heinz-Günter Brokmeier a,b , Dietmar Letzig a a Magnesium Innovation Centre, GKSS-Research Centre, Max-Planck-Str. 1, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany b Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Agricolastr. 6, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Microstructural evolution during the annealing of AZ31 extruded rod at 400 ◦ C has been examined Received 12 June 2009 by employing neutron diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In the as-extruded bar, Received in revised form 30 June 2010 equiaxed grains smaller than 5 m and large elongated grains having significant degrees of internal mis- Accepted 6 July 2010 ¯ orientation are oriented mainly with 1 0 1 0 parallel to the extrusion direction. Rapid grain growth Available online 14 July 2010 ◦ occurs within the 180 s annealing period at 400 C at the expense of the small grains with the internal ori- entation gradient as driving fo