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New Studies in the Field of Alloying and Deformation of Modern Magnesium Alloys. Review

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Foreign works containing the results of new studies in the field of alloying and deformation of modern magnesium alloys are reviewed. Attention is shown to be paid to studying the effect of increasing the properties of the alloys containing various rare earth metals (REM), including alloys with a low REM content. Attention is also paid to LPSO-phase-containing alloys. In such alloys, a specific mechanism of deformation kink bands in LPSO phases during deformation is operative, and it promotes an increase in the strength properties of a deformed semifinished product. The processes accompanied by superplastic deformation (SPD) are being actively studied. Many studies are aimed at developing new complex schemes of preliminary deformation to facilitate SPD. The application of a unique scheme of preliminary deformation of a serial ZK60 alloy was shown to give rise to a very high strain-rate sensitivity (m = 0.57–0.62). Magnesium wrought alloys are still in the focus of research as a modern significant structural material.

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Volkova, E.F., Akinina, M.V., Mostyaev, I.V. et al. New Studies in the Field of Alloying and Deformation of Modern Magnesium Alloys. Review. Russ. Metall. 2022, 191–199 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029522030120

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