Solid solution and precipitation strengthening effects in basal slip, extension twinning and pyramidal slip in Mg-Zn alloys

N Li, C Wang, MA Monclús, L Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
A high-throughput methodology is proposed, based on the combination of diffusion couples
and advanced nanomechanical testing methods, to directly measure alloying effects on the …

Deformation mechanisms of Mg-Ca-Zn alloys studied by means of micropillar compression tests

J Wang, Y Chen, Z Chen, J Llorca, X Zeng - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of Ca and Zn in solid solution on the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) of basal
slip, tensile twinning and pyramidal slip in Mg alloys has been measured through …

[HTML][HTML] In-situ TEM observation of {101 2} twin-dominated deformation of Mg pillars: Twinning mechanism, size effects and rate dependency

J Jeong, M Alfreider, R Konetschnik, D Kiener, SH Oh - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
To investigate the mechanism of {10 1¯ 2} twinning in magnesium (Mg) single crystal and its
influence on mechanical size effects and strain rate dependent deformation behavior, in-situ …

Deformation mechanisms of basal slip, twinning and non-basal slips in Mg–Y alloy by micropillar compression

N Li, L Yang, C Wang, MA Monclús, D Shi… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Micropillar compression technique was employed to study the microscale deformation
mechanisms of basal slip, twinning and non-basal slips at selected grains in a Mg-2 wt.% Y …

Effect of Al content on the critical resolved shear stress for twin nucleation and growth in Mg alloys

J Wang, JM Molina-Aldareguía, J LLorca - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of Al atoms in solid solution on the critical resolved shear stress for twin nucleation
and growth was analyzed by means of the combination of diffusion couples with …

[HTML][HTML] {101¯ 2} twinning mechanism during in situ micro-tensile loading of pure Mg: Role of basal slip and twin-twin interactions

NM Della Ventura, S Kalácska, D Casari… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
An SEM in situ uniaxial tensile testing setup allowing HR-EBSD acquisition during
deformation was used to study the extension twinning mechanism in magnesium (Mg) at the …

Effect of Gd solutes on the micromechanical response of twinning and detwinning in Mg

M Maghsoudi, H Ovri, T Krekeler, M Ziehmer… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
An investigation of the effect of solutes on the migration of a single {10 1¯ 2} Gd decorated
twin boundary in a Mg-4wt.% Gd binary alloy in terms of the corresponding stress-strain …

Orientation dependent deformation by slip and twinning in magnesium during single crystal indentation

C Zambaldi, C Zehnder, D Raabe - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
We present the orientation dependent indentation response of pure magnesium during
single grain indentation. A conical indenter and maximum loads between 50 mN and 900 …

Enhanced damping capacity of magnesium alloys by tensile twin boundaries

Y Cui, Y Li, S Sun, H Bian, H Huang, Z Wang… - Scripta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
We propose a novel method to fabricate Mg alloys with enhanced damping capacity without
sacrificing mechanical properties by introducing {1 0− 1 2} twin boundaries. We find that the …

Anomalous hardening in magnesium driven by a size-dependent transition in deformation modes

GD Sim, G Kim, S Lavenstein, MH Hamza, H Fan… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Here, we report a comprehensive study that combines in situ scanning electron microscopy
experiments and atomistic simulations to quantify the effect of crystal size on the …