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Acta Metall Sin  2025, Vol. 61 Issue (8): 1165-1173    DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2023.00429
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Abnormal Rolling Behavior and Deformation Mechanisms of Bimodal Non-Basal Texture AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet at Medium Temperature
WU Zewei1, YAN Junxiong1, HU Li1(), HAN Xiuzhu2()
1.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
2.Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100094, China
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WU Zewei, YAN Junxiong, HU Li, HAN Xiuzhu. Abnormal Rolling Behavior and Deformation Mechanisms of Bimodal Non-Basal Texture AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet at Medium Temperature. Acta Metall Sin, 2025, 61(8): 1165-1173.

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Abstract  

An AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet with bimodal non-basal texture exhibits better rolling performance at room temperature compared with that with a typical basal texture. However, the rolling performance of bimodal non-basal texture sheets under medium temperature conditions remains unexplored. Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the rolling behavior and deformation mechanism of bimodal non-basal texture sheets at 200 oC. Employing EBSD characterizations, the microstructural characteristics of rolled sheets with initial basal and bimodal non-basal textures throughout a multipass rolling process were systematically investigated. Results showed that at medium temperature, the rolling performance of sheets with bimodal non-basal texture improved only slightly compared with those with basal texture. Especially, edge cracks were observed in deformed bimodal non-basal texture sheets after the fifth rolling pass, with a corresponding accumulative thickness reduction of approximately 48.0%. In contrast, sheets with basal texture exhibited edge cracks after the fourth rolling pass, with a corresponding accumulative thickness reduction of approximately 43.6%. A large number of basal <a> and non-basal dislocations (including prismatic <a> and pyramidal <c + a> dislocations) as well as a small number of {1011}-{1012} secondary twins were activated during the rolling deformation of basal texture sheets. These dislocations cause extensive dynamic recrystallization (DRX) near grain boundaries and twin interfaces, with the corresponding DRX volume fraction reaching as high as 47.9%. For bimodal non-basal textured sheets, in addition to the activation of high-density dislocations at the beginning of rolling deformation, an extensive {101¯2} extension twins (ETs) were activated to carry plastic strain. With increasing rolling passes, {101¯2} ET boundaries migrated toward the matrix region and absorbed a large number of dislocations, thereby reducing the dislocation density within deformed grains. This phenomenon would delay the DRX onset, resulting in a small DRX volume fraction of approximately 11.4%. The pronounced difference in the DRX behavior between bimodal non-basal texture sheets and basal texture sheets at medium temperature primarily accounts for their similar rolling performance, with mere 4.4% difference in accumulative thickness reduction.

Key words:  AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet      bimodal non-basal texture      warm rolling      deformation behavior      microstructure evolution     
Received:  26 October 2023     
ZTFLH:  TG146.22  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52275308);Special Funded Project of Chongqing Postdoctoral Research Program(2021XM1022);Cultivation Plan of Scientific Research and Innovation Team of Chongqing University of Technology(2023TDZ010);Postgraduate Research Innovation of Chongqing University of Technology(gzlcx20232001)
Corresponding Authors:  HU Li, associate professor, Tel: 17358428920, E-mail: huli@cqut.edu.cn;
HAN Xiuzhu, professor, Tel: 13391570360, E-mail: xiuzhuhan@163.com

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https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/10.11900/0412.1961.2023.00429     OR     https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/Y2025/V61/I8/1165

Sheet typeAs-receivedFirst passSecond passThird passFourth passFifth pass
Basal texture sheet1.101.060.920.780.62-
Bimodal non-basal texture sheet1.101.060.890.820.720.57
Table1  Variations of thickness in AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with different textures during multi-pass rolling process at medium temperature
Fig.1  Initial microstructure and texture of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet with bimodal non-basal texture
(a) OM image
(b) inverse pole figure (IPF) and statistical analysis of grain size (inset) (ND—normal direction, TD—transverse direction, RD—rolling direction)
(c) kernel average misorientation (KAM) map
(d) (0002) pole figure (PF)
Fig.2  Macroscopic photographs showing the occurrence of edge cracks in AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with different textures during rolling at medium temperature
(a) the fourth pass for basal texture sheet
(b) the fifth pass for bimodal non-basal texture sheet
Fig.3  EBSD analyses of microstructural characteristics of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with initial basal texture after the first (a1-a3), second (b1-b3), and fourth (c1-c3) passes of rolling at medium temperature (ET—extension twin, CT—compression twin, ST—secondary twin, HAGB—high angle grain boundary, LAGB—low angle grain boundary)
(a1-c1) IPFs (a2-c2) grain boundary (GB) maps (a3-c3) grain orientation spread (GOS) maps
Fig.4  EBSD analyses of microstructural characteristics of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with initial bimodal non-basal texture after the first (a1-a3), second (b1-b3), and fifth (c1-c3) passes of rolling at medium temperature
(a1-c1) IPFs (a2-c2) GB maps (a3-c3) GOS maps
Fig.5  EBSD images and (0002) PF (insets) showing the evolution of recrystallized grains within AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with different textures during rolling process at medium temperature
(a1-a3) the first (a1), second (a2), and fourth (a3) passes for basal texture sheets (b1-b3) the first (b1), second (b2), and fifth (b3) passes for bimodal non-basal texture sheets
Fig.6  Schematics of deformation mechanisms for AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets with different textures during medium-temperature rolling
(a1-a3) the first (a1), second (a2), and fourth (a3) passes for basal texture sheets (b1-b3) the first (b1), second (b2), and fifth (b3) passes for bimodal non-basal texture sheets
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