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Zhuoran Zeng, Mingzhe Bian, Shiwei Xu, Weineng Tang, Chris Davies, Nick Birbilis, and Jianfeng Nie, Optimisation of alloy composition for highly-formable magnesium sheet, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 29(2022), No. 7, pp. 1388-1395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2365-4 |
曾卓然 E-mail: zhuoran.zeng@anu.edu.au
徐世伟 E-mail: xushiwei@hnu.edu.cn
聂建峰 E-mail: jianfeng.nie@monash.edu
镁是最轻的金属结构材料。然而,镁合金板材具有织构强,室温成形性差的瓶颈难题,限制其广泛应用。虽然研究发现在Mg–Zn–Zr合金体系同添加钙或钆能弱化织构,提高成形性,但这两种元素添加后对的效果尚未有过系统比较和研究。本文旨在展现微合金添加钆和钙对于显微结构和力学性能的影响规律。本文发现,Mg–Zn–Gd–Zr 与 Mg–Zn–Ca–Zr轧板有类似的弱织构,但是Mg–Zn–Gd–Zr轧板的延伸率和成形性高于Mg–Zn–Ca–Zr。当在Mg–1Zn–0.5Zr合金中添加0.4wt%钆、0.2wt%钙时能获得最高的室温延伸率,其深冲成形性可以和铝合金板材6016相媲美。当钙的含量从0.2wt%提升至0.5wt%后,合金板材的延伸率与成形性下降,其主要原因是钙的过量添加导致了晶界脆化,降低了晶界韧性从而裂纹容易从晶界处萌生并扩展。
The effectiveness of Ca or Gd addition on ductility and formability of Mg–Zn–Zr based dilute alloys in deep drawing has not been systematically compared previously. In this study, formable Mg–Zn–Gd–Zr and Mg–Zn–Ca–Zr sheet alloys are produced by hot rolling. These sheets have similarly weakened basal texture, but the sheet of the Mg–Zn–Gd–Zr alloys has higher ductility and formability than that of Mg–Zn–Ca–Zr alloys. The combined addition of 0.2wt% Ca and 0.4wt% Gd to the Mg–1Zn–0.5Zr (wt%) alloy leads to a Mg–1Zn–0.4Gd–0.2Ca–0.5Zr alloy that has even better ductility, and its formability during deep drawing is comparable to the benchmark Al6016 sheet. An increase in Ca content from 0.2wt% to 0.5wt% leads to decreased sheet ductility and formability, predominantly due to grain boundary embrittlement.
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