Microstructure and tensile property of the ECAPed pure magnesium

Microstructure and texture development of the equal channel angular pressed (ECAP) pure Mg with different rotation routes of A, Bc and C were investigated and related to the tensile mechanical property. Results showed that grain size was greatly decreased after 1 pass but varied with processing routes after the following ECAP. Due to a relatively high processing temperature, the refinement degree was limited via these three routes processing. Different preferred orientations of the basal plane were formed with three routes processing and there existed a rotation angle in (0 0 0 2) pole figure from normal direction to transverse direction. Negative slope of the yield stress versus d−1/2 was obtained with routes Bc processing, which was attributed to the texture modification. Texture strengthening greatly increased the 0.2% yield strength, but decreased the ductility.