Effects of Annealing Technique on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheets

Abstract:

The effects of different annealing technique on the static recrystallization, microstructure, mechanical properties and fraction mechanism of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets are investigated. High toughness and high formability of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets are achieved by researching how to optimize annealing technique to improve the microstructure and mechanical properties. The results show that better matching of strength and toughness are obtained, and the sheets have synthetically excellent mechanical properties when adopting the annealing temperature at the range of 320°C to 380°C, and the annealing time is near to one hour.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 418-420)
• Pages: 1601-1607
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.418-420.1601
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Hua Qiang Liu, Zhen Li Mi, Di Tang, Song Bo Wei
• Keywords: Annealing Technique, Mechanical Property, Microstructure, Recrystallization

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