Effects of Semi-Solid Isothermal Treatments on Microstructures of Quasicrystal Reinforced AZ91 Alloys

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The as-cast and semi-solid microstructures of quasicrystal reinforced AZ91 alloys were investigated. The results show that the main phases of as-cast AZ91ZY1 and AZ91ZY2 alloys are all α-Mg, I-phase, Mg17Al12 and Al2Y phase. The grain boundary phases contents increase with increasing Y and Zn contents. The better semi-solid processing technological parameters of AZ91ZY1 and AZ91ZY2 alloys are 580 °C, 30 min and 560 °C, 30 min respectively. The better semi-solid processing temperature of AZ91ZY2 alloy is lower than the one of AZ91ZY1 alloy is mainly attributed to the higher contents of the grain boundary phases in the AZ91ZY2 alloy.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 430-432)

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January 2012

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