《Grain refinement and mechanism of CAl0.5W0.5 compound in Mg-Al alloys》.pdfVIP

RARE METALS Vol. 29, No. 6, Dec 2010, p. 630 DOI: 10.1007/s12598-010-0183-3 Grain refinement and mechanism of CAl0.5W0.5 compound in Mg-Al alloys a, b a b a b LIU Baozhong , FAN Yanping , PENG Qiuming , MI Guofa , and WANG Limin a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China b State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China Received 23 October 2009; received in revised form 11 January 2010; accepted 28 January 2010 © The Nonferrous Metals Society of China and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract The effect of CAl0.5W0.5 (CAW) compound on the grain refinement of Mg-Al based alloys was investigated. The results show that CAW compound is an effective and active grain refiner. The grain size of binary Mg-Al alloys is more than 500 µm, and it is changed to about 110 µm with a 1 wt.% CAW addition. The hardness increased with the decease of grain size monotonously. The mechanical properties are im- proved by the addition. The fine grain size is mainly ascribed to the dispersed Al CO particles, which are very potent nucleating substrates 2 for Mg-Al alloys. The nucleation cores formed by chemical reaction directly are well-distributed in the matrix. Keywords: magnesium alloys; grain refinement; refiner; mechanism; mechanical properties 1. Introduction grain refinement because of low operating temperature, large melt volumes, and less fading with long holding time In general, the grain size of Mg alloys is one of the most