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G Model MSA-26638; No. of Pages 6 ARTICLE IN PRESS Materials Science and Engineering A xxx (2010) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials Science and Engineering A j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/msea Microstructure and enhanced mechanical properties of an Mg–10Gd–2Y–0.5Zr alloy processed by cyclic extrusion and compression Tao Peng a , Qudong Wang a,b,∗ , Jinbao Lin a,c , Manping Liu a,d , Hans J. Roven d a National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China b State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China c School of Applied Science, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China d Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The evolution of microstructure and texture of an extruded GW102K Mg alloy processed by cyclic Received 13 August 2010 extrusion and compression (CEC) at 450 ◦ C were investigated. Tensile tests were performed at room tem- Received in revised form perature and strain rate 5 × 10−3 s−1. The results show that the microstructure was effectively refined, 26 September 2010 and the initial fiber texture became disintegrated and developed a new texture after 14 CEC passes. It Accepted 29 September 2010 Available online xxx was found that the strength and ductility were