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Effect of Secondary Mg17Al12 Phase on AZ80 Alloy processed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP)

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AZ80 alloy was subjected through Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) to refine the grains at three different temperatures 548 K, 573 K, and 623 K up to 4 passes for route Bc, where the specimen is rotated 90∘ counter-clockwise direction for each pass. In the present work, experiments have been continued with route Bc and the average grain size was obtained of 7 μm, 9.5 μm and 11.2 μm for the temperatures of 548 K, 573 K, and 623 K respectively after 4 ECAP passes. The average grain size of the procured AZ80 alloy was found to be 44.5 μm. Mechanical properties of AZ80 alloy have been improved to the corresponding various processing temperatures. X-ray diffraction studies have been done on a fourth ECAP processed specimen and compared with a zero pass specimen to know the phase transformation at different processing temperatures. Fracture behavior of each of the three materials was studied and it revealed brittle fracture by increasing the number of ECAP passes.

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Avvari, M., Narendranath, S. Effect of Secondary Mg17Al12 Phase on AZ80 Alloy processed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP). Silicon 10, 39–47 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-015-9349-9

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