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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 587, Issue -, Pages 132-142Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2013.08.064
Keywords
Magnesium alloys; Mg-Zn-Ca alloy; Gd addition
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- Chongqing Science and Technology Commission in China (CSTC) [2011ggB50013, 2011AC4119]
- Chongqing Education Commission in China [KJ120834]
- Key Laboratory of Manufacture and Test Techniques for Automobile Parts (Chongqing University of Technology), Ministry of Education
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In this paper, the as-cast microstructures, tensile and creep properties of Mg-3.8Zn-2.2Ca-xGd (x=0, 0.36, 0.88, 1.49 and 2.52 wt%) magnesium alloys are investigated and compared. The results indicate that the additions of 0.36-2.52 wt%Gd to the Mg-3.8Zn-2.2Ca ternary alloy can refine the grains of the alloy, and an increase in Gd content from 0.36 wt% to 2.52 wt% causes the grain size to gradually decrease. Furthermore, the additions of 0.36-2.52 wt%Gd to the Mg-3.8Zn-2.2Ca ternary alloy can also improve the tensile properties of the alloy, and the alloy with the addition of 1.49 wt%Gd exhibits the best tensile properties. In addition, the additions of 0.36-2.52 wt%Gd to the Mg-3.8Zn-2.2Ca ternary alloy do not change the creep mechanism of the alloy. However, the creep properties of the Gd-containing alloys are improved, and an increase in Gd content from 0.36 wt% to 2.52 wt% causes the creep properties to gradually increase. Amongst the Gd-containing alloys with the additions of 0.36 wt%, 0.88 wt%, 1.49 wt% and 2.52 wt%Gd, the alloy with the addition of 1.49 wt%Gd exhibits the relatively optimal tensile and creep properties. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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