Texture variation and its influence on the tensile behavior of a friction-stir processed magnesium alloy

W. Woo, H. Choo, D. W. Brown, P. K. Liaw, Z. Feng

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Abstract

Friction-stir processing (FSP) induces significant texture variations in magnesium alloys. Diffraction peak intensities measured using spatially-resolved neutron-diffraction scanning provide the quantitative changes in the texture across the processing line. The relationship between the texture distribution and the tensile behavior of a FSP AZ31B Mg alloy is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1859-1864
Number of pages6
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume54
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2006

Funding

This work is supported by the NSF International Materials Institutes (IMI) Program under contract DMR-0231320. The work has benefited from the use of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This facility is funded by the US Department of Energy under Contract W-7405-ENG-36. The authors thank S.R. Agnew and B. Clausen for helpful discussions, and A. Frederick, T. Sisneros, T.A. Saleh, G. Wang, and O. Barabash for their help during experiments.

FundersFunder number
NSF International Materials Institutes
U.S. Department of EnergyW-7405-ENG-36
Innovative Medicines InitiativeDMR-0231320

    Keywords

    • Friction stir welding
    • Magnesium alloys
    • Neutron diffraction
    • Tensile test
    • Texture

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