Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition

Magnesium alloys are commonly used in many application such as automotive, aerospace and electronics industries due to theirs favorable characteristics of light weight, high specific strength, high specific stiffness and excellent machinability. AZ31B is one of the commercially used wrought magnesiu...

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Main Author: Aprilia
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-657082023-03-04T18:31:40Z Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition Aprilia Zhou Wei School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Magnesium alloys are commonly used in many application such as automotive, aerospace and electronics industries due to theirs favorable characteristics of light weight, high specific strength, high specific stiffness and excellent machinability. AZ31B is one of the commercially used wrought magnesium alloy. It has good strength and good ductility. In this project, experimental studies were conducted to analyze this AZ31B magnesium alloy. Chemical composition, average grain size of 31.9 μm, and micro hardness value of 59.475 HV were obtained. Optical, stereo and scanning electron micrograph were collected. Twin disappearing process was investigated. Using kinetic and Arrhenius equation, the mechanism of grain growth was studied. The kinetic grain growth equations and Hall-Petch equation were also obtained. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2015-12-10T03:56:59Z 2015-12-10T03:56:59Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65708 en Nanyang Technological University 83 p. application/pdf
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Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
description Magnesium alloys are commonly used in many application such as automotive, aerospace and electronics industries due to theirs favorable characteristics of light weight, high specific strength, high specific stiffness and excellent machinability. AZ31B is one of the commercially used wrought magnesium alloy. It has good strength and good ductility. In this project, experimental studies were conducted to analyze this AZ31B magnesium alloy. Chemical composition, average grain size of 31.9 μm, and micro hardness value of 59.475 HV were obtained. Optical, stereo and scanning electron micrograph were collected. Twin disappearing process was investigated. Using kinetic and Arrhenius equation, the mechanism of grain growth was studied. The kinetic grain growth equations and Hall-Petch equation were also obtained.
author2 Zhou Wei
author_facet Zhou Wei
Aprilia
format Final Year Project
author Aprilia
author_sort Aprilia
title Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
title_short Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
title_full Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
title_fullStr Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
title_full_unstemmed Grain growth of magnesium alloy AZ31B in isothermal condition
title_sort grain growth of magnesium alloy az31b in isothermal condition
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65708
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