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the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

The Journal of
the Korean Journal of Metals and Materials

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  • pISSN : 1738-8228
  • eISSN : 2288-8241

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Title Effects of Rolling Temperature on the Development of Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties in AZ31 Magnesium Alloy
Authors 한상호(Sang Ho Han); 박노진(No Jin Park)
DOI https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2010.48.06.498
Page pp.498-505
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords alloys; rolling; texture; tensile test; AZ31
Abstract Wrought magnesium alloys show a low formability at room temperature, and a remarkable anisotropy of mechanical properties make it difficult to use them in a deformation process in industry. The microstructure and crystallographic texture of metals are developed during thermo-mechanical processes, and they are significant to the understanding of the mechanical properties of metals. This work studies the microstructure, texture development and tensile properties of the extruded AZ31 Mg alloy after rolling at 100 and 300℃. After 40% rolling at 100℃, many deformed twins were observed and a relatively weak texture developed. The basal poles were split and rotated towards the rolling direction about 20°. During 60% rolling at 300℃, the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) took place and developed a strong <0001>∥ND fiber texture, which influenced the poor formability at room temperature.