Current research progress in grain refinement of cast magnesium alloys: A review article

Y Ali, D Qiu, B Jiang, F Pan, MX Zhang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015 - Elsevier
Grain refinement of cast magnesium alloys, particularly in magnesium–aluminium (Mg–Al)
based alloys, has been an active research topic in the past two decades, because it has …

Grain refinement of magnesium alloys: a review of recent research, theoretical developments, and their application

DH StJohn, MA Easton, M Qian, JA Taylor - Metallurgical and materials …, 2013 - Springer
This paper builds on the “Grain Refinement of Mg Alloys” published in 2005 and reviews the
grain refinement research on Mg alloys that has been undertaken since then with an …

[HTML][HTML] Intensive processing optimization for achieving strong and ductile Al-Mn-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy produced by selective laser melting

D Bayoumy, D Schliephake, S Dietrich, XH Wu… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sc-containing Alsingle bondMn alloy system produced by additive
manufacturing (AM) has recently presented exciting new opportunities to achieve a step …

Friction stir welding of AZ31 magnesium alloy rolled sheets: Influence of processing parameters

L Commin, M Dumont, JE Masse, L Barrallier - Acta materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
The temperature evolution during friction stir welding (FSW) and the resulting residual
stresses of AZ31 Mg alloy were studied to get a better understanding of the mechanisms …

Improved strength-ductility synergy of directed energy deposited AZ31 magnesium alloy with cryogenic cooling mode

X Li, M Zhang, X Fang, Z Li, G Jiao… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Motivated by the effect of cooling rate on microstructure, standard air cooling (AC) and novel
cryogenic cooling (CC) were employed in the wire-arc directed energy deposition process of …

Enhanced heterogeneous nucleation in AZ91D alloy by intensive melt shearing

Z Fan, Y Wang, M Xia, S Arumuganathar - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Intensive melt shearing was applied to the commercial AZ91D alloy melt to investigate its
effects on grain refinement. Alloy melts with and without melt shearing were also filtered …

Strong and ductile heat-treatable Mg–Sn–Zn–Al wrought alloys

TT Sasaki, FR Elsayed, T Nakata, T Ohkubo, S Kamado… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
A newly developed Mg–Sn–Zn–Al based alloy shows substantial strengthening by artificial
aging. A Na-doped Mg–5.4 Sn–4.2 Zn–2.0 Al–0.2 Mn–0.1 Na (TZAM5420− 0.1 Na)(wt.%) …

[HTML][HTML] On the improved tensile strength and ductility of Mg--Sn--Zn--Mn alloy processed by aging prior to extrusion

L Zhong, Y Wang, Y Dou - Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the influence of aging prior to extrusion (APE) on the tensile strength
and ductility of as-extruded Mg–8.32 Sn–1.85 Zn–0.17 Mn alloy. Results demonstrated that …

Effect of Ti particles size on the microstructure and mechanical properties of TiP/VW94 composites

D Pu, X Chen, Y Ding, Y Sun, B Feng, K Zheng… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the field of magnesium matrix composites (MMCs), it is vital to improve the strength of
MMCs without sacrificing plasticity. In this work, Ti P/VW94 composites with different Ti …

Grain refinement of AZ91 alloy by introducing ultrasonic vibration during solidification

X Liu, Y Osawa, S Takamori, T Mukai - Materials Letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic vibration was introduced into the solidification of AZ91 alloy. Various
microstructures were produced in this alloy using ultrasonic vibrations at different …