Microstructure investigation and first-principle analysis of die-cast AZ91 alloy with calcium addition |
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Authors: | L Lin F WangL Yang LJ ChenZ Liu YM Wang |
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Affiliation: | a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, PR China b Institute of Metal Research, China Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, PR China |
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Abstract: | In order to get improved mechanical properties of die-cast AZ91 alloy under elevated temperatures, Ca element was added as a cost-effective alloying constituent. It appeared that minor Ca addition less than 0.5 wt% would result in no apparent change in microstructure, but the tensile strength at elevated temperatures was improved considerably. When increasing Ca addition to more than 1.0 wt%, Al2Ca phase will precipitate during solidification, no Mg2Ca phase was discovered. Homogeneous microstructure and high temperature stability in tensile strength of die-cast AZ91 alloy with Ca addition was mainly attributed to the precipitation of Al2Ca phase, which considerably refined the bulky β-Mg17Al12 phase distributed originally at the grain boundaries of die-cast AZ91 alloy with no Ca addition. The priority of Al2Ca phase compared to Mg2Ca phase in precipitation sequence was verified by first-principle calculation of their cohesive energy and formation enthalpy, and can also be associated with more bounding electrons between Al and Ca atoms. |
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Keywords: | Magnesium alloy Die-casting Microstructure evolution Mechanical property First-principle calculation |
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