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Effects of Dy, Sr and Die Casting on Microstructure, Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Mg-Dy-Sr-Nd-Zr Alloys

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By adding 2, 6 and 10 wt.% Dy and 0.5, 1.5 and 2 wt.% Sr elements to Mg-2.4Nd-0.5Zr alloys and adopting die-casting process for biomedical Mg-10Dy-0.5Sr-2.4Nd-0.5Zr alloys, the effects of Dy and Sr elements and die-casting process on the microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of Mg-Dy-Sr-Nd-Zr alloys were investigated. The new biomedical Mg-10Dy-0.5Sr-2.4Nd-0.5Zr alloys were designed, and the grain size of the as-cast new alloy was refined to ~70 μm and distributed equably. The ultimate tensile strength increased with increasing Dy content and decreasing Sr content. The corrosion rate decreased firstly and then increased with increasing Dy content and decreased with increasing Sr content. By adjusting the content of Sr and Dy, the ultimate tensile strength of as-cast new Mg-10Dy-0.5Sr-2.4Nd-0.5Zr alloys increased to 203 MPa, elongation was 7.4%, and the corrosion rate decreased to 0.48 mm/a. The elongation rate increased to 10.2% after the new biomedical alloys were processed by die casting with an refine-grained microstructure of ~18 μm, meanwhile the ultimate tensile strength decreased to 180 MPa, and the corrosion rate was 1.29 mm/a.

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Dexue Liu was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51365029 and 51664041. This work was also supported in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities in Gansu Province and the Program for Support Projects of Science and Technology in Gansu Province under Grant No. 1604GKCA038.

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    Dexue Liu, Xunyan Yin, Xin Pang, Shiwen Hu & Yutian Ding

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Liu, D., Yin, X., Pang, X. et al. Effects of Dy, Sr and Die Casting on Microstructure, Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Mg-Dy-Sr-Nd-Zr Alloys. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 26, 3983–3992 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-2850-0

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