Enhanced grain boundary cohesion mediated by solute segregation in a dilute Mg alloy with improved crack tolerance and strength

A Yang, YJ Liu, C Wang, Y Gao, P Chen, H Ju… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of solute segregation at grain boundaries (GBs) on the deformation
mechanism and fracture behavior remain obscure for magnesium (Mg) alloys. Here, by …

Developing a Mg alloy with ultrahigh room temperature ductility via grain boundary segregation and activation of non-basal slips

Z Zhang, J Zhang, J Xie, S Liu, W Fu, R Wu - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor room temperature (RT) ductility is an inherent disadvantage of magnesium (Mg) alloys,
which limits their wide application. Grain refinement is an accepted method to improve …

The enhanced Zn and Ca co-segregation and mechanical properties of Mg–Zn–Ce alloy with micro Ca addition

X Qian, Y Gao, Z Dong, B Jiang, C He, C Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The micro addition of Ca is demonstrated to noticeably increase the strength and ductility of
Mg–Zn–Ce alloy, which is closely correlated with the enhanced alloying segregation at grain …

Enhanced strength-ductility synergy achieved through twin boundary pinning in a bake-hardened Mg–2Zn-0.5 Ca alloy

YJ Li, Y Fang, C Wang, ZM Hua, Y Gao, M Zha… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bake-hardening (BH) processing is an efficient way to rapidly increase the strength of
solution-treated Mg alloys, which is attributed to GP-zone strengthening or dislocation …

Deformation induced solute segregation and GP zone formation in Mg-Al and Mg-Zn binary alloys

TT Sasaki, JY Lin, P Yi, ZH Li, SE Prameela, A Park… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
A dispersion of Guinier Preston (GP) zones yields attractive mechanical properties in
wrought magnesium alloys. However, the precipitation of GP zones has been reported in a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Ca, Al and Zn on room temperature ductility and grain boundary cohesion of magnesium

S Nandy, SP Tsai, L Stephenson, D Raabe… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is know from literature that small additions (< 1 wt%) of Ca, Al and Zn significantly improve
the intrinsic ductility of Mg. The exact role of each element, both qualitatively and …

[HTML][HTML] Towards designing high mechanical performance low-alloyed wrought magnesium alloys via grain boundary segregation strategy: A review

Z Zhang, J Xie, J Zhang, XS Yang, R Wu - Journal of Magnesium and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-alloyed magnesium (Mg) alloys have emerged as one of the most promising
candidates for lightweight materials. However, their further application potential has been …

Rapid dislocation-mediated solute repartitioning towards strain-aging hardening in a fine-grained dilute magnesium alloy

ZM Hua, M Zha, ZY Meng, SB Jin, G Sha… - Materials Research …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Achieving appreciable strain-aging hardening coupling with fine-grain strengthening
remains a critical challenge in dilute Mg alloys, as high-temperature solid-solution, utilized to …

Role of grain boundaries on ductility in Mg-Y alloys

H Somekawa, DA Basha, A Singh - Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of the grain size and the chemical composition of an alloying element on
mechanical properties in ductility was investigated using wrought processed various Mg …

Synergistic effects of solutes on active deformation modes, grain boundary segregation and texture evolution in Mg-Gd-Zn alloys

F Mouhib, R Pei, B Erol, F Sheng, S Korte-Kerzel… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synergistic effects of rare earth elements (RE) and Zn have a major impact on the properties
of ternary Mg-RE-Zn alloys. This study illuminates their dependence on the solute ratio by …