Influence of Mg Content, Grain Size and Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties and DSA Behavior of Al-Mg Alloys Processed by ECAP and Annealing

Abstract:

Ultrafine-grained (UFG) binary Al-xMg (x=1, 5 and 7 wt %) alloys were processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature via route B_c combined with inter-pass annealing. The effects of Mg content, grain size and strain rate on mechanical properties and dynamic strain aging (DSA) behaviour of the Al-Mg alloys upon tensile testing at room temperature were studied. An increase in Mg content from 5 to 7 wt % leads to a pronounced increase in strength and uniform elongation in both the as-homogenized and as-ECAP Al-Mg alloys. Thereby, the Al-7Mg alloy, either prior to or after ECAP processing, possess significantly higher strength and comparable or even higher uniform elongation than the more dilute Al-Mg alloys. However, the as-ECAP Al-Mg alloys exhibit significantly higher strength but little work hardening and hence rather limited uniform elongation. In general, decreasing grain size leads to significant increase in strength while dramatic decrease in ductility. Moreover, DSA serration amplitudes increase with reducing grain size in the micrometer range. However, the UFG Al-Mg alloys exhibit much less DSA effect than the micrometer scaled grain size counterparts, i.e. probably due to the high dislocation densities and special grain boundary features in the UFG materials. Also, the Al-Mg alloys, especially those with a UFG structure, exhibit higher strength and ductility at lower strain rate than at higher strain rate, due mainly to enhanced DSA effect and hence work hardening at a lower strain rate.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)
• Pages: 870-875
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.794-796.870
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Min Zha*, Yan Jun Li, Ragnvald H. Mathiesen, Christine Baumgart, Hans J. Roven
• Keywords: Al-Mg Alloy, Dynamic Strain Aging (DSA), EBSD, ECAP, Tensile Ductility, Tensile Strength

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