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Effect of different artificial aging treatments on tensile creep behavior of extruded lean Mg−Al−Ca−Mn alloy

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  • a Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China;

    b FAW Tooling Die Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Changchun 130000, China

Online published: 2026-01-28

Abstract

The effects of artificial aging (T6) on the creep resistance with tensile stresses in the range of 50−80 MPa at 175 °C were investigated for an extruded Mg−1.22Al−0.31Ca−0.44Mn (wt.%) alloy. The Guinier-Preston (G.P.) zones primarily precipitate in the sample aged at 200 °C for 1 h (T6-200°C/1h), while the Al2Ca phases mainly precipitate in the sample aged at 275 °C for 8 h (T6-275°C/8h). The T6-200°C/1h sample exhibits excellent creep resistance, with a steady-state creep rate one order of magnitude lower than that of the T6-275°C/8h sample. The abnormally high stress exponent (~8.2) observed in the T6-200°C/1h sample is associated with the power-law breakdown mechanism. TEM analysis illuminates that the creep mechanism for the T6-200°C/1h sample is cross-slip between basal and prismatic dislocations, while the T6-275°C/8h sample exhibits a mixed mechanism of dislocation cross-slip and climb. Compared with the Al2Ca phase, the dense G.P. zones effectively impede dislocation climb and glide during the creep process, demonstrating superior creep resistance of the T6-200°C/1h sample.

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Ming-yu LI, Zhi-ping GUAN, Jia-wang SONG, Hong-jie JIA, Pin-kui MA, Gang WANG, Wei YAN, Ming-hui WANG, Zhi-gang LI . Effect of different artificial aging treatments on tensile creep behavior of extruded lean Mg−Al−Ca−Mn alloy[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2026 , 36(1) : 112 -123 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(25)66952-4

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