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Effect of Cooling Rate on the Grain Refinement of Mg-Y-Zr Alloys

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The grain refinement resulting from the addition of yttrium (Y) (1, 3 pct, and 9 wt pct) and zirconium (Zr) (0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 wt pct) to magnesium (Mg) under a wide range of cooling rates (0.8 to 160 K/s) has been investigated. This study quantifies the effect of Y and Zr on the grain size (dgs) of Mg-Y base alloys followed by examination of the effect of cooling rate on these alloys. The Interdependence Model was able to describe the reduction in grain size caused by the growth restriction provided by Y and soluble Zr, and the introduction of potent Zr particles. It is shown that by incorporating a term for cooling rate into the Interdependence model the effect of cooling rate on grain size can be assessed for the range of growth restriction values and cooling rates investigated.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51701124), University Young Teacher Training Program by Shanghai Education Committee (ZZslg16065). ME and DS acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council grants DP16100560 and LP15100950.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, P.R. China

    Ming Sun

  2. Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

    David H. StJohn

  3. Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CAM), School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3053, Australia

    Mark A. Easton

  4. National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composite, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China

    Ke Wang

  5. Shanghai Aerospace Precision Machinery Institute, Shanghai, 201600, P.R. China

    Jiaming Ni

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Sun, M., StJohn, D.H., Easton, M.A. et al. Effect of Cooling Rate on the Grain Refinement of Mg-Y-Zr Alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 51, 482–496 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05497-2

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