Alloying effects on the plasticity of magnesium: Comprehensive analysis of influences of all five slip systems

  • Zhigang Ding
  • , Guangxuan Zhao
  • , Hao Sun
  • , Shuang Li
  • , Fei Ma
  • , Enrique J. Lavernia
  • , Yuntian Zhu
  • , Wei Liu

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Abstract

Low plasticity has been a major issue for the application of Mg alloys. Here, based on the generalized stacking fault energy curves and Arrhenius equation, we systematically study alloying effects on the stacking fault energies and the activation probability of basal and non-basal a, and pyramidal c + a slip systems in twenty-one Mg alloys. Our results reveal that activation of c + a slip systems on pyramidal II plane can significantly improve the plasticity. For example, Ca is found to promote the activation probability of this slip system by one order of magnitude and dramatically improve the plasticity of Mg.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015401
JournalJournal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume32
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Keywords

  • density functional theory
  • magnesium alloy
  • plasticity
  • slip system
  • stacking fault energy

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