The Journal of
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 Comparative Study on the Texture Evolution and Formability of Warm-Rolled and Cold-Rolled AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheets
Authors 조수미(Su Mi Jo); 유봉선(Bong Sun You); 김영민(Young Min Kim)
DOI https://doi.org/10.3365/KJMM.2018.56.10.734
Page pp.734-744
ISSN 1738-8228(ISSN), 2288-8241(eISSN)
Keywords magnesium alloy; cold-rolling; texture; stretch formability; recrystallization
Abstract The microstructure, texture evolution, and room temperature formability of warm-rolled and coldrolled AZ31 magnesium sheets were investigated in this study. The localized deformation regions, i.e., shear bands, formed during warm-rolling and cold-rolling mainly provide nucleation sites for recrystallization, but the orientation of the recrystallized grains nucleated on the shear bands changes depending on the rolling procedure. EBSD analysis clearly indicated that the large accumulated strain produced by cold-rolling can activate basal and non-basal slip and lead to the rotation of the recrystallized grains from their original orientation. In this study, the resulting texture of the cold-rolled AZ31 sheet was weaker than that of the warm-rolled sheet, and as a consequence, the room temperature formability of the cold-rolled AZ31 sheet doubled from 2.2 to 4.2 mm in the Erichsen index. Interestingly, the simple cold-rolling and subsequent recrystallization annealing produced a ‘rare earth texture’, in which the peaks of the basal pole figure were split and spread in the rolling direction. This texture was obtained without the addition of rare earth elements or severe plastic deformation.(Received August 27, 2018; Accepted September 7, 2018)