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Stress-Relaxation Behavior of Magnesium-3Gadolinium-2Calcium-Based Alloys at Elevated Temperatures

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Based on previously published work on binary Mg alloys by Abaspour et al. and on the magnesium (Mg)-6gadolinium (Gd)-2zinc (Zn)-0.6zirconium (Zr) (wt pct) alloy reported by Nie et al., a number of new lower-cost Mg-3Gd-2calcium (Ca) (wt pct)-based creep-resistant magnesium alloys were developed by replacing part of the Gd with Ca. After solution treatment at 793 K (520 °C), the Ca-containing alloys exhibited an increased strength and a reduced stress relaxation at 453 K (180 °C) compared with the Mg-6Gd-2Zn-0.6Zr (wt pct) alloy. This work indicates that the replacement of Gd with Ca is a promising approach to develop lower-cost Mg alloys with an improved creep resistance. The results support the hypothesis that the short-range order of solutes governs the creep behavior of magnesium alloys.

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The authors are very thankful to the UQ CIEF fund for their funding support. We thank the Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing this manuscript.

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    Ning Mo, Qiyang Tan & Ming-Xing Zhang

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China

    Bin Jiang & Fusheng Pan

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Mo, N., Tan, Q., Jiang, B. et al. Stress-Relaxation Behavior of Magnesium-3Gadolinium-2Calcium-Based Alloys at Elevated Temperatures. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 5710–5716 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-017-4324-2

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