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Microstructure, Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Mg-Zn-Mn-Y Quaternary Alloys

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As-cast, as-extruded and T6 heat-treated Mg-2Zn-0.3Mn-[x] wt.% Y (x = 0, 0.4, 0.8) alloys were formed via a melting process, an extrusion process and T6 aging treatment, respectively. Microstructural analysis showed that the addition of yttrium (Y) resulted in grain refinement in the samples. The hot extrusion process and T6 heat treatment contributed to the precipitation of second phases and a reduction of the dislocation density as well as to a reduction of the lattice distortion. The thermal conductivity of the T6 heat-treated samples was the highest because it had the lowest lattice distortion. A higher Y content did not result in increased thermal conductivity. However, the yield strength and tensile strength of the alloys increased with increasing Y content. Fine-grain strengthening and dispersion strengthening were responsible for the higher yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of the as-extruded and T6 heat-treated samples.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 61775131), Gaoyuan Discipline of Shanghai-Environmental Science and Engineering (Resource Recycling Science and Engineering), the graduate fund program (EGD17YJS029) and the Key Subject Construction Project (Material Science, XXKZD1601) from Shanghai Polytechnic University. We thank Arun Paraecattil, PhD, from Liwen Bianji, Edanz Editing China (www.liwenbianji.cn/ac), for editing the English text of a draft of this manuscript.

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    Hechao Li, Xiangrong Zhu, Wenxuan Tang, Dongyun Ma & Jinmin Wang

  2. Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai, 201209, China

    Xiangrong Zhu

  3. Shanghai Institute of Micro-system and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China

    Ya Zhang & Qiurong Chen

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Li, H., Zhu, X., Zhang, Y. et al. Microstructure, Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Mg-Zn-Mn-Y Quaternary Alloys. JOM 72, 1580–1588 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03967-x

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