Grain size and microhardness evolution during annealing of a magnesium alloy processed by high-pressure torsion

High-pressure torsion (HPT) was used to impose severe plastic deformation on a magnesium alloy AZ31. The material was processed for 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 turns at room temperature under a pressure of 6.0 GPa. Samples were annealed for 1800 s at temperatures of 373 K, 423 K, 473 K, 573 K and 673 K. M...

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Main Authors: Livia Raquel C. Malheiros, Roberto Braga Figueiredo, Terence G. Langdon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785414000970