Realization of high strength and high ductility for AZ61 magnesium alloy by severe warm working

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Yoshida, Yu ^a   Arai, Keita ^a   Itoh, Shota ^a   Kamado, Shigeharu ^a   Kojima, Yo ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AZ61 wrought magnesium alloy; Deformation mechanism; Equal channel angular extrusion; Fine grain; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METAL EXTRUSION; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AZ61 WROUGHT MAGNESIUM ALLOY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION (ECAE); FINE GRAINS;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 15844400889     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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