Microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg6.5Gd1.3Nd0.7Y0.3Zn alloy.pdfVIP

Microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg-6.5Gd-1.3Nd-0.7Y-0.3Zn alloy 1, 2 1 2 2 HOU Xiu-li(侯秀丽) , CAO Zhan-yi(曹占义) , ZHANG Lei-lei(张蕾蕾) , FANG Da-qing(房大庆) , XU Shi-wei(徐世伟)3 3 2 , S. KAMADO , WANG Li-min(王立民) 1. Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka 940-2188, Japan Received 23 September 2009; accepted 30 January 2010 Abstract: The Mg-6.5Gd-1.3Nd-0.7Y-0.3Zn alloy ingot and sheet were prepared by casting and hot extrusion techniques, and the microstructure, age hardening behavior and mechanical properties were investigated. The results show that the as-cast alloy mainly contains α-Mg solid solution and compounds of Mg RE and Mg RE (RE=Gd, Y and Nd) phases. The grain size is refined after hot 5 24 5 extrusion, and the Mg RE and Mg RE compounds are broken during the extrusion process. The extruded alloy exhibits remarkable 5 24 5 age hardening response and excellent mechanical properties in the peak-aging state. The ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and elongation are 310 MPa, 201 MPa and 5.8% at room temperature, and 173 MPa, 133 M