Papers by Keyword: Non-Basal Slip

Abstract: The evolution of deformation mechanisms in randomly textured magnesium alloy during uniaxial and biaxial mechanical tests has been monitored using concurrent application of acoustic emission and neutron diffraction methods. The influence of the loading path on both twinning and dislocation slip is discussed in detail. It is shown that both the twinning and non-basal slip are sensitive to the loading direction.

Abstract: This paper reports a significant increase in tensile ductility in solution-treated Mg-Nd-Zr cast alloy by trace addition of 0.2wt.% Zn. The improvement is accompanied by the occurrence of wavy slip lines on the surface of fractured tensile specimens, which are caused by the activation of non-basal slips including <a> and <a+c> or <c> non-basal dislocations, while these non-basal slips are hardly observed in Mg-Nd-Zr alloy without Zn addition.