High temperature deformation behavior of AZ31 Mg alloy was investigated in this study on the basis of a processing map (e » 0.6). To construct a processing map, compression tests were carried out at various temperatures and strain rates. Two regions of high deformation efficiency (h) were identified as: (1) a dynamic recrystalization (DRX) domain at 250°C and 1/s and (2) a superplasticity domain at 450°C and 10-4/s. The average grain size observed in the DRX region was considerably smaller (2.9µm) than in any other region. In the superplastic condition, tensile elongation to failure approached to 1040%. At the high Z regions, flow softening occurred resulting from the dynamic recrystallization but below 1010 of Z value, flow hardening occurred due to the grain growth. Possible deformation mechanisms operating at high temperature were discussed in relation to the activation energy. A two-stage deformation method was found to be effective in
enhancing the superplasticity of AZ31 Mg alloy.
In this study, high-temperature workability of a strip-cast Mg-3Al-1Zn (AZ31) alloy was investigated on the basis of the processing map and microstructural analysis. To obtain the processing map, a series of isothermal compression tests was carried out up to a strain of 0.5 at temperatures of 473 to 673 K and strain rates of 0.01 to 10 s -1 . It was found that the maximum efficiency indicating the optimum processing condition was obtained at 573 K and 10 s -1 , and the processing instability occurred around the region of 473 K and 0.01 s -1 . The possible hightemperature deformation mechanisms were also discussed in relation to initial texture development and twin formation.
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