High-ductility magnesium–zinc–cerium extrusion alloys

AA Luo, RK Mishra, AK Sachdev - Scripta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
A previous paper (Mishra et al., 2008 [1]) showed that the ductility of extruded Mg–0.2% Ce
alloy is higher than that of magnesium and other conventional magnesium alloys. However …

Influence of cerium on texture and ductility of magnesium extrusions

RK Mishra, AK Gupta, PR Rao, AK Sachdev… - Essential Readings in …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Unalloyed Mg and Mg-0.2% Ce alloy were extruded as solid rounds at 400° C in a
500 ton vertical extrusion press at 10 mm/sec. Tensile tests revealed a significant increase in …

Ductility enhancement of extruded magnesium via yttrium addition

BL Wu, YH Zhao, XH Du, YD Zhang, F Wagner… - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Two binary Mg–Y alloys and pure magnesium were prepared by extrusion. The effect of
yttrium on mechanical properties was investigated in comparison between the pure …

Fabrication of fine-grained, high strength and toughness Mg alloy by extrusion− shearing process

B Wang, W Feng, W Zhi, LIU Zheng, P Mao - Transactions of Nonferrous …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel extrusion− shearing (ES) composite process was designed to fabricate fine-grained,
high strength and tough magnesium alloy. The structural parameters of an ES die were …

Achieving superior mechanical properties in a low-alloyed magnesium alloy via low-temperature extrusion

H Wang, DT Zhang, C Qiu, WW Zhang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A low-alloyed Mg-1.2 Zn-0.1 Ca (wt.%) alloy was extruded at low temperatures. The
alloy extruded at 150° C exhibits a yield strength (YS) of 374 MPa and an elongation of …

Enhanced mechanical properties in fine-grained Mg–1.0 Zn–0.5 Ca alloys prepared by extrusion at different temperatures

BP Zhang, L Geng, LJ Huang, XX Zhang, CC Dong - Scripta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
The microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg–1.0 Zn–0.5 Ca alloys were
studied. Observation of the microstructure indicates that the addition of Ca tends to weaken …

High-speed extrusion of dilute Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn alloys and its effect on microstructure, texture and mechanical properties

MG Jiang, C Xu, T Nakata, H Yan, RS Chen… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Three dilute Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn alloys were successfully extruded at 24 m/min and the
alloy with lowest Zn content (0.21 wt%) can even be extruded at 60 m/min without any …

Mechanistic investigation of a low-alloy Mg–Ca-based extrusion alloy with high strength–ductility synergy

H Pan, R Kang, J Li, H Xie, Z Zeng, Q Huang, C Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
High strength–ductility synergy is difficult to achieve in Mg alloys. Although high strength has
been achieved through considerable alloying addition and low-temperature extrusion, these …

Recent progress and development in extrusion of rare earth free Mg alloys: a review

SJ Meng, H Yu, SD Fan, QZ Li, SH Park, JS Suh… - Acta Metallurgica Sinica …, 2019 - Springer
Mg and its alloys are the lightest structural metals available and are extremely attractive for
applications as lightweight components, particularly in the automobile, electronic, and …

Fabrication of high-strength Mg-Gd-Zn-Zr alloys via differential-thermal extrusion

W Rong, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Y Chen, T Tang, L Peng… - Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
A high-strength Mg-Gd-Zn-Zr alloy developed by a novel extrusion method called differential-
thermal extrusion (DTE) was detailed characterized, to reveal the effects of the DTE on …