• Title of article

    High hardness in a nanocrystalline Mg97Y2Zn1 alloy

  • Author/Authors

    Youssef، نويسنده , , K.M. and Wang، نويسنده , , Y.B. and Liao، نويسنده , , X.Z. and Mathaudhu، نويسنده , , S.N. and Kecskés، نويسنده , , L.J. and Zhu، نويسنده , , Y.T. and Koch، نويسنده , , C.C.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    7494
  • To page
    7499
  • Abstract
    A nanocrystalline Mg97Y2Zn1 alloy was prepared with an average grain size of 21 nm by mechanical alloying of elemental powders. The structure of the alloy was characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The hardness of the alloy as-milled for 8 h at room temperature was 2.1 GPa. After compaction and annealing at 573 K, the average grain size slightly increases to 28 nm with an increase in hardness to 2.4 GPa. These are the highest values for hardness yet reported for a crystalline Mg-based (>95% Mg) alloy. Possible factors leading to this high strength are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Nanocrystalline , Magnesium alloys , Mechanical alloying , hardness
  • Journal title
    MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: A
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: A
  • Record number

    2164734