Effect of Rolling Orientation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of AZ31B Mg Alloy

2021 ◽  
Vol 413 ◽  
pp. 174-193
Author(s):  
Sultan Alzoabi ◽  
Sheng Gang Zhou ◽  
Xiao Dong Sun ◽  
Natalie Schaal ◽  
Nathan Santos ◽  
...  

The magnesium AZ31B alloy has been utilized in a variety of applications within the automotive and aviation industries due to its high specific strength, low-cost processing, and low density. However, the AZ31B alloy generally has poor ductility and limited workability at room temperature. The objective of this study was to develop a manufacturing processing technique to increase the potential uses of this alloy. The methodology includes cold rolling and annealing using small pass reductions until the samples reached a final thickness of 1.78 mm (0.07 in). The samples were cut into 10.16 mm (0.4 in), 7.62 mm (0.3 in), and 5.08 mm (0.2 in) thicknesses prior to cold rolling and were rolled in 0-, 45-, and 90-degree rolling directions. The grain shapes and sizes were examined via optical microscopy. Tensile testing was conducted to determine the strength and ductility. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were taken to evaluate fractured surfaces. All processes including rolling direction and furnace cooling or air cooling after annealing produced similar results of medium strength (245-250 MPa in ultimate strength, 122-127 MPa in yield) and greater than 22.5% elongations in very thin sheets. Samples rolled along the 45-degree direction produced the highest percent reduction in thickness.

2016 ◽  
Vol 854 ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anett Stöcker ◽  
Armin Franke ◽  
Harti Hermann ◽  
Rudolf Kawalla

In this paper the microstructure evolution of an iron-silicon alloy with 3.2 wt.% silicon throughout the manufacturing stages hot rolling, cold rolling and annealing is presented. Starting with a 35 mm thick feedstock, which was hot rolled to 1 mm, with different cooling conditions, the material was cold rolled to a final thickness of 0.3 mm and final annealed under same conditions to show the influence of the hot rolling on the texture and microstructure of the final annealed material.


2011 ◽  
Vol 702-703 ◽  
pp. 806-809
Author(s):  
Papa Rao Mondi ◽  
R. Madhavan ◽  
V. Subramanya Sarma ◽  
S. Sankaran

Severe cold rolling and short intercritcal annealing is often used to produce ultra-fine grained ferrite and martensite dual phase steels. In this paper, microstructure and texture of Nb-microalloyed steel following cold rolling and short intercritical annealing is investigated. The results show that cold rolling and annealing resulted in ultra-fine grained dual phase steel consisted of polygonal ferrite in the range of ~1-2 μm in size. In cold rolled material, the texture components are γ fiber (//normal direction) and α fiber (//rolling direction). Partial recrystallization texture was observed following intercritical annealing.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Youliang He ◽  
Erik J. Hilinski

In order to investigate the effect of cold rolling deformation mode and initial texture on the final textures of non-oriented electrical steels, a special rolling technique, i.e., skew rolling, was utilized to cold reduce steels. This not only altered initial textures but also changed the rolling deformation mode from plane-strain compression (2D) to a more complicated 3D mode consisting of thickness reduction, strip elongation, strip width spread and bending. This 3D deformation induced significantly different cold-rolling textures from those observed with conventional rolling, especially for steels containing low (0.88 wt%) and medium (1.83 wt%) amounts of silicon at high skew angles (30° and 45°). The difference in cold-rolling texture was attributed to the change of initial texture and the high shear strain resulting from skew rolling. After annealing, significantly different recrystallization textures also formed, which did not show continuous <110>//RD (rolling direction) and <111>//ND (normal direction) fibers as commonly observed in conventionally rolled and annealed steels. At some skew angles (e.g., 15–30°), the desired <001>//ND texture was largely enhanced, while at other angles (e.g., 45°), this fiber was essentially unchanged. The formation mechanisms of the cold rolling and recrystallization textures were qualitatively discussed.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2586
Author(s):  
Inas A. Ahmed ◽  
Ahmed H. Ragab ◽  
Mohamed A. Habila ◽  
Taghrid S. Alomar ◽  
Enas H. Aljuhani

In this work, low-cost and readily available limestone was converted into nanolimestone chitosan and mixed with alginate powder and precipitate to form a triple nanocomposite, namely limestone—chitosan–alginate (NLS/Cs/Alg.), which was used as an adsorbent for the removal of brilliant green (BG) and Congo red (CR) dyes in aqueous solutions. The adsorption studies were conducted under varying parameters, including contact time, temperature, concentration, and pH. The NLS/Cs/Alg. was characterized by SEM, FTIR, BET, and TEM techniques. The SEM images revealed that the NLS/Cs/Alg. surface structure had interconnected pores, which could easily trap the pollutants. The BET analysis established the surface area to be 20.45 m2/g. The recorded maximum experimental adsorption capacities were 2250 and 2020 mg/g for CR and BG, respectively. The adsorption processes had a good fit to the kinetic pseudo second order, which suggests that the removal mechanism was controlled by physical adsorption. The CR and BG equilibrium data had a good fit for the Freundlich isotherm, suggesting that adsorption processes occurred on the heterogeneous surface with a multilayer formation on the NLS/Cs/Alg. at equilibrium. The enthalpy change (ΔH0) was 37.7 KJ mol−1 for CR and 8.71 KJ mol−1 for BG, while the entropy change (ΔS0) was 89.1 J K−1 mol−1 for CR and 79.1 J K−1 mol−1 BG, indicating that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous in nature.


2015 ◽  
Vol 830-831 ◽  
pp. 337-340
Author(s):  
Ashish Kumar Saxena ◽  
Manikanta Anupoju ◽  
Asim Tewari ◽  
Prita Pant

An understanding of the plastic deformation behavior of Ti6Al4V (Ti64) is of great interest because it is used in aerospace applications due to its high specific strength. In addition, Ti alloys have limited slip systems due to hexagonal crystal structure; hence twinning plays an important role in plastic deformation. The present work focuses upon the grain size effect on plastic deformation behaviour of Ti64. Various microstructures with different grain size were developed via annealing of Ti64 alloy in α-β phase regime (825°C and 850°C) for 4 hours followed by air cooling. The deformation behavior of these samples was investigated at various deformation temperature and strain rate conditions. Detailed microstructure studies showed that (i) smaller grains undergoes twinning only at low temperature and high strain rate, (ii) large grain samples undergo twinning at all temperatures & strain rates, though the extent of twinning varied.


Author(s):  
Tarun Nanda ◽  
Vishal Singh ◽  
Virender Singh ◽  
Arnab Chakraborty ◽  
Sandeep Sharma

The automobile industry is presently focusing on processing of advanced steels with superior strength–ductility combination and lesser weight as compared to conventional high-strength steels. Advanced high-strength steels are a new class of materials to meet the need of high specific strength while maintaining the high formability required for processing, and that too at reasonably low cost. First and second generation of advanced high-strength steels suffered from some limitations. First generation had high strength but low formability while second generation possessed both strength and ductility but was not cost effective. Amongst the different types of advanced high-strength steels grades, dual-phase steels, transformation-induced plasticity steels, and complex phase steels are considered as very good options for being extended into third generation advanced high-strength steels. The present review presents the various processing routes for these grades developed and discussed by different authors. A novel processing route known as quenching and partitioning route is also discussed. The review also discusses the resulting microstructures and mechanical properties achieved under various processing conditions. Finally, the key findings with regards to further research required for the processing of advanced high-strength steels of third generation have been discussed.


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