Microstructure and mechanical properties of an asymmetric twin-roll cast AZ31 magnesium alloy strip.pdf

Journal of Materials Processing Technology 212 (2012) 1670–1675 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Materials Processing Technology j o u rn al h o m e pa g e : w w w. elsev /locate/jmat protec Microstructure and mechanical properties of an asymmetric twin-roll cast AZ31 magnesium alloy strip Hu Zhao a,b,∗ , Peijie Li a,b , Liangju He a a National Center of Novel Materials for International Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The microstructure along the thickness of a strip produced by asymmetric twin-roll casting was found Received 14 December 2011 to be significantly inhomogeneous. There were many banded structures with flow form near the upper Received in revised form 5 March 2012 surface of the strip, whereas a fine dendritic structure dominated near the lower surface of the strip. Accepted 7 March 2012 Precipitates of Mg17Al12 and Al8 Mn5 were dispersively distributed throughout the as-cast strip. Recrys- Available online 15 March 2012 tallization of the strip during homogenization first occurred in the banded structures. After rolling and annealing, the strip consisted of fine grains measuring approximately 5 m in size. It was concluded that Keywords: the shear strain caused by the difference in linear velocity between the surfaces of