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Effect of Gas Pores on Mechanical Properties of High-Pressure Die-Casting AM50 Magnesium Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2016

Wei Jiang ,
Zhanyi Cao ,
Liping Liu  and
Bo Jiang
Wei Jiang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130025, China
Zhanyi Cao*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130025, China
Liping Liu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130025, China Department of Engineering and Technology, Changchun Vocational Institute of Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130033, China
Bo Jiang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130025, China
*
*Corresponding author.caozy@jlu.edu.cn
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Abstract

High-pressure die-casting (HPDC) AM50 tensile specimens were used to investigate characteristics of gas pores and its effect on mechanical properties of HPDC AM50 magnesium alloy. Combining microstructure morphology gained from optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction with the experimental data from uniaxial tensile testing, we pursued the relationship between gas pores and the mechanical properties of HPDC AM50 Mg alloy. Results indicate that comparing with 3D reconstruction models, 2D images like optical metallography images and SEM images have one-sidedness. Furthermore, the size and maximum areal fraction of gas pores have negative effects on the mechanical properties of HPDC AM50 Mg alloy. With increase of the maximum size of gas pores in the specimen, the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and elongation decrease. In addition, with the maximum areal fraction becoming larger, both the UTS and elongation decrease linearly.

Keywords

three-dimensional reconstructionfinite element simulationmagnesium alloymechanical properties
Type
Materials Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 2016 , pp. 814 - 819
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© Microscopy Society of America 2016 

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