Microstructure and Mechanical Property of 2024 Aluminium Alloy Prepared by Rapid Solidification and Mechanical Milling

Rapidly solidified 2024 aluminium alloy powders were mechanically milled, then consolidated to bulk form. The microstructural changes of the powders in mechanical milling (MM) and consolidation process were characterized by X-ray diffraction analyses and transmission electron microscopy observations. The results showed that mechanical milling reduced the grain size to nanometer, dissolved the Al2Cu intermetallic compound into the aluminium matrix and produced an aluminium supersaturated solid solution. During consolidation process. the grain size increased to submicrometer, and the Al2Cu and Al2(Cu, Mg, Si, Fe, Mn) compounds precipitated owing to heating. Increasing consolidation temperature and time results in obvious grain growth and coarsening of second phase particles. The tensile yield strength of the consolidated alloy with submicrometer size grains increases with decreasing grain size, and it follows the famous HallPetch relation

Microstructures, Textures and Mechanical Properties Evolution during Cold Drawing of Pure Mg

Pure Mg wires with a maximum cumulative area reduction of 98% were obtained by successful cold drawing. Mechanical properties, microstructures and texture evolution of the as-drawn wires were investigated by tensile tests, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron backscattering diffraction (EBSD). Depended on the mechanical properties and microstructure evolution, continuous dynamic recrystallization (DRX) had taken place during the cold drawing process. DRX during cold deformation has not been reported in other literatures before.

Weakened anisotropy of mechanical properties in rolled ZK60 magnesium alloy sheets with elevated deformation temperature

The rolling direction（RD） and the transverse direction（TD） samples were obtained from an as-rolled ZK60 magnesium alloy sheet with strong anisotropy of initial texture and their mechanical properties were tested at various deformation temperatures. Meanwhile, the microstructure and texture of these samples after fracture were investigated. Results revealed that a higher flow stress along the RD than that along the TD at room temperature were ascribed to the strong anisotropy of transitional texture, and this texture effect was remarkably weakened with the increase of deformation temperature. Deformation structure was dominant at 100℃, and was replaced by dynamic recrystallization structure when the deformation temperature increased to 200℃ and 300℃. The texture presented a strong texture（transitional texture in the RD sample and basal texture in the TD sample） at 100℃, but its intensity visibly decreased and texture components became more disperse at 200℃ and 300℃. These microstructure and texture results were employed in conjunction with calculated results to argue that raising deformation temperature could increase the activity of non-basal slip by tailoring the relative critical resolved shear stress of each deformation mode and finally result in low texture effect on mechanical anisotropy.