Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1503525 | Scripta Materialia | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures with an average grain size of 100–300 nm are achieved in solution-hardened AZ31 Mg–Al–Zn alloy prepared by friction stir processing equipped with a rapid heat sink. The mean hardness of the UFG region reaches ∼120Hv, which is more than twice as high as that of the AZ31 matrix. The grain refinement kinetics are analyzed and the results are self-consistent.
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Authors
C.I. Chang, X.H. Du, J.C. Huang,