| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1642831 | Materials Letters | 2015 | 4 Pages |
•We discussed how the structures of the kinks can be influenced by the dislocations.•We found wedge-shaped kinks in the Mg–Zn–Y alloy.•Wedge-shaped kinks were proven to have Zn/Y-rich kink bands.•Zn/Y-rich bands are caused by the introduction of a greater number of dislocations.•Mg-rich bands form because dislocations are introduced only at the fcc layers.
Microstructures of kink boundaries in a magnesium–zinc–yttrium (Mg–Zn–Y) alloy were observed by transmission electron microscopy. Wedge-shaped kinks with high angle kink boundaries have been found in Mg–Zn–Y alloys due to deformation of the long-period stacking ordered (LPSO) phase. It has been found that wedge-shaped kinks have several Zn/Y-rich sub-kink boundaries, since more dislocations are introduced in both hcp and fcc structures of the LPSO phase due to further compression.
