Microstructure and mechanical properties of the Mg/Al multilayer fabricated by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) at ambient temperature

sAbstractThe Mg/Al laminated composites were fabricated by the accumulative roll bonding (ARB) at ambient temperature using the pure magnesium and commercial pure Al sheets. Mg grains were refined after the primary sandwich preparation and then homogenized during the following ARB process while the grain size of Al layer decreased with increasing of the accumulated strains. Both the yield strength and ultimate strength along rolling direction and transverse direction increased gradually while the elongation to failure along both directions decreased with increasing of the ARB cycles. Formation of the Mg17Al12 phase indicated that the ARB process at ambient temperature could lead to a metallurgic bonding of the Mg/Al interface.