Published December 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of Zr addition on the precipitation in Mg–Zn-based alloy

  • 1. Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577 (Japan)
  • 2. National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047 (Japan)

Description

The minor alloying element Zr in a Mg–6.2Zn–0.6Zr (ZK60) alloy causes the formation of fine Mg(Zn,Zr) precipitates at 350 °C which play a critical role in dynamic recrystallization during extrusion and hot rolling. When the alloy is artificially aged at 160 °C, the β1′-precipitate grows in the [0 0 0 1] direction from the Mg(Zn,Zr) particles. The structure of the Mg(Zn,Zr) is exactly the same as that of β1′, indicating that Zr partitioning occurs only at elevated temperature due to the sluggish diffusion of Zr.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.08.031

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.08.031;
PII
S1359-6462(12)00563-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 967-970
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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