Strengthening of Rapidly Solidified and Extruded Mg Alloy Powders

압출공정을 이용한 급속응고 Mg 합금분말의 고강도화

The light Mg alloys bearing the remarkably high strength, corrosion resistance and elevated temperature stability stand on the center of interest. The accomplishment so far is, however, only by alloy modification without any consideration on the rapid solidification effect. This work is to report not only the effect of rapid solidification of $MgZn_{4.3}Y_{0.7}$ alloy powders, but the extrusion behavior on the materials properties. The average grain size of the atomized powders was about $3-4{\mu}m$. The extrusion was carried out with the area reduction ratio of 10:1 to 15:1. As the ratio increased, homogeneous microstructure was obtained, and the mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation were simultaneously increased.