Role of grain boundary segregation on microstructural development in basal-textured Mg-Al-Zn alloy sheet

T Nakata, ZH Li, TT Sasaki, K Hono, S Kamado - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
We report the role of grain boundary segregation on microstructure development during hot-
rolling of Mg-3Al-0.8 Zn-0.4 Mn (mass%, AZ31) alloy. Annealing at 420° C before hot-rolling …

Microstructure and texture evolution during hot rolling and subsequent annealing of Mg–1Gd alloy

WX Wu, L Jin, FH Wang, J Sun, ZY Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The microstructure, texture and tensile ductility of Mg–1Gd alloy were investigated and
compared to pure Mg following multipass rolling at 300° C and isothermal annealing at 400° …

Unexpectedly formed strong basal texture in a rolled Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn alloy sheet

T Nakata, C Xu, R Abe, L Geng, S Kamado - Materials Characterization, 2023 - Elsevier
The reheating at high temperature, which contributed to the significant texture weakening in
rolled Mg alloys, was used to control the textural features of a Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn alloy sheet. The …

Formation of unusual rolling texture in a Mg-Al-Mn alloy sheet by large-strain hot-rolling

T Nakata, C Xu, L Geng, S Kamado - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
We report the formation of unusual texture at the sheet-surface of a rolled Mg-3Al-0.4 Mn
(mass%) alloy. After large-strain hot-rolling and annealing, typical basal texture with the …

Texture evolution during cold rolling of dilute Mg alloys

ZR Zeng, MZ Bian, SW Xu, CHJ Davies, N Birbilis… - Scripta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of alloying additions on deformation texture in Mg sheet alloys are still
controversial. In this study, a quasi-in-situ electron backscatter diffraction method is used for …

Influence of initial texture on rolling and annealing textures of Mg–3Al–1Zn alloy sheets processed by high temperature rolling

X Huang, K Suzuki, Y Chino, M Mabuchi - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2012 - Elsevier
The Mg–3Al–1Zn magnesium alloy sheets rolled at 573 and 798K characterized by strong
and weak basal textures, respectively, were further subjected by a single high temperature …

Effects of hot rolling processing on microstructures and mechanical properties of Mg–3% Al–1% Zn alloy sheet

L Jin, J Dong, R Wang, LM Peng - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2010 - Elsevier
The microstructure evolution and deformation mechanisms of AZ31 alloy sheet during hot
rolling were investigated. The initial microstructure in the as-received AZ31 sheet shows …

Twinning-mediated texture weakening in a basal-textured Mg-6Al-1Zn (mass%) alloy sheet by a novel cold-sample rolling method

T Nakata, C Xu, L Geng, S Kamado - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the use of cold-sample rolling (CSR) processing, which induced a
high fraction of double twins and a substantial texture-weakening effect in an Al …

Substantial improvement in cold formability of concentrated Mg–Al–Zn–Ca alloy sheets by high temperature final rolling

M Bian, X Huang, Y Chino - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Poor formability at room temperature (RT) has been the main bottleneck for a wider range of
applications of concentrated Mg–Al–Ca (–Zn) sheet alloys. Here, we report that RT stretch …

Role of Zn on the room temperature formability and strength in Mg–Al–Ca–Mn sheet alloys

ZH Li, TT Sasaki, MZ Bian, T Nakata, Y Yoshida… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
We clarified the role of Zn on the mechanical properties and texture evolution in Mg-1.2 Al-
0.5 Ca-0.4 Mn-xZn (wt.%, x= 0, 0.8 and 1.6) alloy sheets fabricated by twin-roll casting and …