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Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties of AM60 Magnesium Alloy Processed by Extrusion and Multidirectional Forging

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In the present paper, multidirectional forging (MDF), as a severe plastic deformation process, was carried out on an extruded AM60 magnesium alloy. The microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties of the MDFed samples were examined. Microstructural findings indicated that the grain size of the alloy decreased from 10.2 to 3.7 µm after six MDF passes, carried out at a constant temperature of 220 °C. Textural studies revealed that after six MDF passes, the fiber texture of the extruded material was transformed to another texture, in which the basal planes tend to rotate toward 45o to the transverse direction. Shear punch testing (SPT) was employed to assess the shear yield stress (SYS) and ultimate shear strength (USS) at room temperature. Both SYS and USS were enhanced after two MDF passes, but decreased in the next pressing stages, despite developing finer grains at higher levels of imposed strain. The observed drop in strength is ascribed to texture softening that counterbalances the grain refinement strengthening effects. The variation in average microhardness values after different passes of MDF showed the trend that was in concurrence with the rise and fall of the SPT results. Finally, the changes in mechanical properties were discussed, based on the microstructural and textural findings.

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The authors are grateful to Malayer University (Iran) and the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) for financial support of this work under Grant No. 94017499.

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Salevati, M.A., Akbaripanah, F. & Mahmudi, R. Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties of AM60 Magnesium Alloy Processed by Extrusion and Multidirectional Forging. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 28, 3021–3030 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04067-2

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