Study of Dynamic Precipitation during Hot Deformation of Mg-Al-Sn Alloys

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The objective of this work is to investigate the effect of dynamic precipitation on the hot deformation behaviour of magnesium. Mg-Al-Sn alloys have been designed using thermodynamic modeling software, FactSage, based on precipitation of Mg2Sn at hot deformation temperatures. Uniaxial compression has been introduced at the temperature range of 250-350 °C to enhance the formation of precipitates. The flow behaviour and microstructural evolvement were studied for a strain rate of 0.01 /s and deformation degree of 90 %. Dynamic recrystallization (DRX) occurs in this study and it is found that the volume percent of dynamic recrystallization and dynamically recrystallized grain size are related to the amount of precipitation formed during deformation. The formation of Mg2Sn precipitates during the dynamic recrystallization process may retard the dynamic recrystallization and slow down the grain growth by precipitation pinning effect at the DRX grain boundaries, resulting in a finer grain size.

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