Effect of forced-air cooling on the microstructure and age-hardening response of extruded Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr alloy full with LPSO lamella

摘要

The homogenized Mg-8.2 Gd-3.8 Y-1.0 Zn-0.4 Zr(wt.%)alloy full of plate-shaped long period stacking ordered(LPSO)phases was hot extruded in the atmosphere and cooled by the forced-air,then the effect of forced-air cooling on the microstructure and age-hardening response of the alloy was investigated in this work.The results show that in comparison with the extruded sample cooling in the atmosphere,the forced-air cooling restricts dynamic recrystallization(DRX)and brings about finer dynamic recrystallized(DRXed)grain size,stronger basal texture and higher dislocation density.Furthermore,the forced-air cooling promotes the dynamic precipitation in the DRXed regions and facilitates formation of plate-shaped LPSO phases andγ’phases with smaller interspacing in the unrecrystallized(un DRXed)regions,then slightly restricts the precipitation ofβphases during aging.After peak-ageing treatment,the extruded sample with forced-air cooling shows superior tensile properties with a tensile yield strength of 439 MPa,an ultimate tensile strength of 493 MPa,and elongation to failure of 18.6%.