Influence of pre-deformation on age-hardening response and mechanical properties of extruded Mg-6%Zn-1%Mn alloy

预变形对挤压态Mg-6%Zn-1%Mn镁合金时效硬化效应和力学性能的影响(英文)

The effect of cold plastic deformation between solution treatment and artificial aging on the age-hardening response and mechanical properties of alloy was investigated by micro-hardness test,tensile test,optical microscopy（OM） and TEM observation.After solution treatment at 420 ℃ for 1 h,three kinds of pre-deformation strains,i.e.0,5% and 10%,were applied to extruded ZM61 bars.Age-hardening curves show that pre-deformation can significantly accelerate the precipitation kinetics and increase peak-hardness value;however,as pre-deformation strain rises from 5% to 10%,there is no gain in peak hardness value.The room temperature（RT） tensile properties demonstrate that increasing the pre-deformation degree can enhance the yield strength（YS） and ultimate tensile strength（UTS） but moderately reduce elongation（EL）;furthermore,the enhancement of YS is larger than that of UTS.No twin can be observed in 5% pre-deformed microstructure;however,a large number of twins are activated after 10% pre-deformation.The peak-aged TEM microstructure shows that pre-deformation can increase the number density of rod-shaped β 1 ＇ precipitates which play a key role in strengthening ZM61 alloy.

采用显微硬度测试、拉伸试验、金相观察和TEM观察,研究冷塑性变形对Mg-6%Zn-1%Mn(ZM61)合金时效硬化和力学性能的影响。在420℃固溶处理1h后,对ZM61挤压棒材试样进行室温拉伸变形,塑性应变有3种:0、5%和10%,预变形后再进行人工时效。时效硬化曲线表明:预变形可以显著加快硬化速率且提高峰值硬度;然而,当应变量由5%增加到10%后,峰值硬度并未增加。室温拉伸性能表明:预变形量增加,屈服强度和抗拉强度增加,伸长率略有降低,且屈服强度的增加幅度大于抗拉强度的。金相组织观察表明:当预变形应变量为5%时,金相组织中未观察到孪晶;预变形10%的组织中出现了大量的孪晶。TEM观察表明:预变形可以增加峰时效态组织中β1′杆状相的数量。