Effect of severe plastic deformation and post-annealing on the mechanical properties and bio-corrosion rate of AZ31 magnesium alloy

Autor: Ming Jen Tan, Bryan Shi Jie Bin, Kai Soon Fong, Yong Teck Tan
Přispěvatelé: School of Materials Science & Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, A*STAR SIMTech
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Procedia Engineering. 207:1475-1480
ISSN: 1877-7058
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.10.916
Popis: In this work, the effect of fine grain sizes on the mechanical and bio-corrosion properties of AZ31 magnesium alloy was studied. Bio-corrosion refers to the accelerated degradation of metal within the human body. Fine-grained (~1.5 µm) AZ31 was obtained through Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) via three cycles of Constrained Groove-Pressing (CGP) under elevated temperature. The effects of CGP and post-annealing (at 473 K for 15 and 30 min) on bio-corrosion were preliminarily investigated by potentiodynamic polarization measurements and constant immersion tests. Results obtained show that the as-processed samples with annealing exhibited improvements in yield strength and ductility while the bio-corrosion rate in Hank’s solution remains fairly similar during the early stage. ASTAR (Agency for Sci., Tech. and Research, S’pore) Published version
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