ZHAO Zu-de1,CHENG Yuan-sheng2,CHEN Qiang1,WANG Yan-bin 1,SHU Da-yu 1. Southwest Technique , Engineering Institute,Chongqing 400039,China,2. School of Materials Science , Engineering,Ha rbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001
Abstract:
The two-pass equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process was introduced into strain-induced melt activation (SIMA) to predeform a ZK60 alloy with rare earth (RE) addition. Microstructure evolution of ECAE-formed ZK60+RE alloy during reheating was investigated. Furthermore, tensile properties of thixoforged components were determined. The results show that the SIMA process can produce ideal microstructures, and spheroidized solid particles with little entrapped liquid can be obtained. With prolonging hold...