为探明片状增强体对镁基复合材料的调控机制,研究不同形态可变形金属颗粒增强镁基复合材料的可行性,本工作深入探究了Ti微片(Tims)片化程度对Tims/ZX50显微组织、力学性能、加工硬化与软化行为的影响。采用球磨工艺对Ti颗粒(Tip)进行片化处理,并基于该工艺调控Tims的片化程度。通过半固态搅拌铸造方法将Tims引入Mg-5Zn-0.5Ca (ZX50)合金中,成功制备了Tims/ZX50复合材料,随后对其进行热挤压处理,研究Tims的片化程度对ZX50合金显微组织与力学性能的影响。结果表明,随Tims片化程度提升,其硬度显著增大。而在热挤压过程中,由于Tims对变形的协调作用,其硬度下降。Tims能够有效促进动态再结晶和动态析出,随片化程度的提升,ZX50基体再结晶晶粒尺寸减小,析出MgZn2相的数量增加。Tims对再结晶的影响呈现出方向性,与垂直于挤压方向相比,Tims/ZX50复合材料在平行于挤压方向的晶粒尺寸更小,且随Tims片化程度的增加,两方向的晶粒尺寸差值增大。此外,随Tims片化程度的增加,Tims/ZX50复合材料的强度、加工硬化率和软化速率均显示出上升的趋势,而软化率表现出先增加后减小的特征。当Tims径厚比增加到1.2时,伴随MgZn2相数量的增加,软化率逐渐降低。在载荷传递强化、位错强化、细晶强化的共同作用下,Tims/ZX50复合材料的强度逐渐增加。
To enhance the
mechanical properties of magnesium alloys and elucidate the regulatory
mechanisms of flake-like structures in composites, while also exploring the
feasibility of using deformable metallic particles with varying morphologies to
reinforce magnesium matrix composites, this study systematically investigated
the influence of deformable Ti microslices (Tims) with varying
slicing degrees on the microstructure and properties of magnesium matrix
composites. Ti particles were processed into sheets via ball milling process to
control the slicing degree of the Tims. These Tims were
introduced into an Mg–5Zn–0.5Ca (ZX50) alloy via semisolid stirring casting to
successfully fabricate Tims/ZX50 composites. The composites
subsequently underwent hot extrusion to examine the effect of Tims’
slicing degree on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the ZX50
alloy. The results indicate that the hardness of Tims increased
significantly with higher slicing degrees but decreased markedly during the
hot-extrusion process. Tims effectively regulated dynamic
recrystallization and precipitation by altering the strain and load
distribution within the matrix. As the slicing degree increased, the
recrystallized grain size of the ZX50 matrix decreased, and the number of
precipitated MgZn2 phases increased. The influence of Tims on recrystallization exhibited directionality, with finer grain sizes parallel
to the extrusion direction than those perpendicular to it. Furthermore, the
grain-size disparity grew with increasing Tims’ slicing degree.
Additionally, the strength, work-hardening rate, and softening rate of Tims/ZX50
composites generally increased with increasing Tims slicing degrees,
although the softening ratio initially increased and subsequently decreased.
When the average aspect ratio of Tims reached 1.2, the softening
rate progressively decreased as the quantity of MgZn2 phases
increased. Under the synergistic effects of load-transfer, dislocation, and
grain-refinement strengthening, the strength of the Tims/ZX50
composites gradually increased, with grain-refinement strengthening being the
most significant contributor.