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Incorporation of Solid Solution Alloying Effects into Polycrystal Modeling of Mg Alloys

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Discrepancies between the strength of slip systems determined directly from Mg single-crystal studies and those estimated from polycrystal simulations of Mg alloys are known to exist. These discrepancies have prohibited the direct use of single-crystal data within polycrystal models, ultimately leading to an increase in the number of adjustable parameters in such models and, accordingly, difficulties in extending such models to Mg alloys of industrial and technological relevance. In this work, a framework is introduced that eliminates these differences by accounting for continuum mechanical and physical metallurgical effects. With respect to the former, it is shown that a stiffer self-consistent grain–matrix interaction scheme than that commonly used better captures the behavior of textured Mg alloy AZ31. With respect to the latter, the impact of grain size and solute concentration on individual deformation modes is considered. Because of a lack of sufficient experimental data describing all possible deformation modes, only basal slip and prismatic slip are treated quantitatively. Of particular note is the strong solid solution strengthening of the basal slip mode and the moderate solute softening of the prismatic slip mode by the common alloying elements Al and Zn. An empirical model describing the Zn solute and temperature dependence of thermally activated prismatic slip is presented. The presented methodology provides a first attempt to eliminate the need for trial-and-error–based approach for determining the slip system flow stress parameters of polycrystal models. Areas where advances in the presented analysis may be attained are highlighted.

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This research was supported by the United States Automotive Materials Partnership, as part of the Mg-Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) project, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory with funds from the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory under Award Number DE-FC26-02OR22910 and the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Project FWP 06SCPE401, respectively. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. government. Neither the U.S. government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. government or any agency thereof.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4745, USA

    Babak Raeisinia (formerly Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow) & Sean R. Agnew (Adjunct Professor)

  2. Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Babak Raeisinia (formerly Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow)

  3. Department of Materials Engineering, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada

    Ainul Akhtar (Associate Professor)

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Raeisinia, B., Agnew, S.R. & Akhtar, A. Incorporation of Solid Solution Alloying Effects into Polycrystal Modeling of Mg Alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 42, 1418–1430 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-010-0527-5

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