Microstructure Analysis and Rheological Behavior of Magnesium Alloys at Semi-solid Temperature Range

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance - Tập 27 - Trang 4593-4605 - 2018
Marta Ślęzak1, Piotr Bobrowski2, Łukasz Rogal2
1AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
2Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland

Tóm tắt

Microstructure and rheological properties of AZ91 and Elektron 21 magnesium alloys in semi-solid state were studied. Differential scanning calorimetry revealed significant differences in melting range in analyzed materials. Isothermal annealing for 5, 30 and 80 min, in semi-solid range, corresponding to 50 and 70% of solid fraction, showed slower microstructure coarsening kinetics in Elektron 21 due to the presence of Zr- and RE-enriched precipitations. Ostwald ripening and coalescence resulted in decrease in grains density with increasing annealing time and temperature. Hardness after annealing showed overall tendency to diminish with soaking time probably due to the growth of average grain size. Rheological analysis showed tendency to lower the value of dynamic viscosity coefficient as shear rate rise, which confirmed non-Newtonian flow behavior. The highest values of dynamic viscosity coefficient were obtained for alloy AZ91.

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