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The addition of adequate amounts of rare-earth (RE) alloying elements can produce appreciable effects on microstructures, formability and mechanical properties of magnesium alloys. At low concentrations, it can weaken the basal texture in the as-deformed and the recrystallized conditions in wrought alloys and improve the creep resistance of casting alloys at elevated temperatures; at high concentrations, it can bring significant age hardening effects and thus improve the alloy strength. While this knowledge has been known for some years, the precise roles of RE solutes in texture weakening and the early stage of precipitation remain unclear.
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Nie, J.F., Zhu, Y.M., Wilson, N.C. (2015). Solute Segregation and Aggregation in Mg Alloys. In: Manuel, M.V., Singh, A., Alderman, M., Neelameggham, N.R. (eds) Magnesium Technology 2015. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48185-2_4
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