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Eliminating Yield Asymmetry and Enhancing Ductility in Mg Alloys by Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion

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Solid phase processing techniques such as friction stir welding, Shear assisted processing and extrusion (ShAPE)/friction extrusion and cold spray have been successfully demonstrated as promising thermomechanical methods to produce metallic materials with enhanced performance. In this study, AZ series with and without silicon, ZK60 Mg alloys in as-received forms (as-cast or as-extruded) were processed using Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE). Microstructural characterization was performed using EBSD and TEM and revealed that as compared to the feedstock materials/billets, friction extruded Mg alloys had more uniform microstructure, equiaxed grains, finer and homogeneously distributed precipitates and chemical homogeneity. It was also observed that basal planes were not oriented parallel to extrusion axis. As a result, rod products exhibited significantly reduced (in some cases eliminated) yield asymmetry and achieved enhanced ductility, which were uncommon or difficult to attain using conventional processing techniques. In addition, modified texture likely suppressed deformation twinning under compressive deformation.

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The authors would like to thank the U. S. Department of Energy, Vehicle Technologies Office for the financial support provided for this project. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06-76RLO1830.

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    Dalong Zhang, Jens Darsell, Nicole Overman, Darrell R. Herling & Vineet V. Joshi

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Zhang, D., Darsell, J., Overman, N., Herling, D.R., Joshi, V.V. (2021). Eliminating Yield Asymmetry and Enhancing Ductility in Mg Alloys by Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion. In: Miller, V.M., Maier, P., Jordon, J.B., Neelameggham, N.R. (eds) Magnesium Technology 2021. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65528-0_15

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