One of the main challenges impeding wider uptake of magnesium alloys by the industry is their poor resistance to general corrosion and stress-corrosion cracking (SCC), the nature of which is not fully understood. Although SCC is generally associated with hydrogen embrittlement, the experimental data on the possible hydrogen state, concentration and distribution in Mg is scarce, and its role in SCC is unclear. These issues are addressed in the present study using as-cast technically pure Mg as well as wrought ZK60 and AZ31 alloys slow-strain rate tensile tested in air and in corrosive media before and after prestraining. Hydrogen concentration and extraction curves have been obtained and
The tensile strength, fatigue, and corrosion fatigue performance of the magnesium alloy ZX40 benefit strongly from hybrid deformation processing involving warm equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) at the first step and room temperature rotary swaging at the second. The general corrosion resistance improved as well, though to a lesser extent. The observed strengthening is associated with a combined effect of substantial microstructure refinement down to the nanoscale, reducing deformation twinning activity, dislocation accumulation, and texture transformation. The ultimate tensile strength and the endurance limit in the ultrafine-grained material reached or exceeded 380 and 120 MPa, respectively, which are remarkable values for this nominally low strength alloy.
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