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Abstract
Creep tests were conducted in uniaxial compression to evaluate the creep behavior of magnesium–aluminum–strontium alloy at temperatures
from 373 to 673 K. Stress dependencies of the creep rate over the whole interval of temperatures and stresses can be well described
phenomenologically by the Garofalo sine hyperbolic equation modified by the inclusion of a threshold stress. The threshold stress increases
with decreasing temperature. Creep data normalized by a diffusion coefficient and shear modulus clearly reveal the existence of two different
regions. Possible mechanisms by which plastic deformation takes place have been identified in both regions. The critical stress at which
dislocations break away from the cloud of foreign atoms agrees well with the value determined by data normalization. At low stresses, a
value of the stress exponent of n∼ =3 is consistent with the model of deformation that takes place through dislocation glide controlled by
dragging of solute atoms. At high stresses, the multiple regression yields the activation energy which agrees with that for prismatic glide.
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1. Introduction likin [13]. The elevated temperature creep of the alloys has
received considerable attention, but the reported experimen-
Magnesium-based alloys have been extensively developed tal data focused mainly on a limited temperature range 423–
for use as structural materials in the automotive, aircraft and 473 K [10,11,14–16] with sporadic excursions to lower (408 K
aerospace industries [1–3]. Automotive powertrain compo- [17], 398 K [18,19]) or higher temperatures (523 K [20]). To
nents (e.g., transmission cases and engine blocks) require ma- understand the creep mechanisms, this work aims to carry
terials that are resistant to the creep deformation that occurs out an experimental investigation using a broader range of
as a result of long-term exposure to loading at elevated tem- temperatures and stresses.
peratures. To meet this requirement, it is necessary to care-
fully select alloy compositions that have acceptable mechan-
ical properties and conform to high-productivity operations 2. Experimental procedure
(i.e. die casting). Prospective creep-resistant alloys are based
on ternary additions of Si, rare earth elements, Ca and Sr The AJ62 magnesium alloy (nominal compositions in
to Mg-Al binary alloys [4–8]. Several creep-resistant alloys wt.%: 6Al–2Sr–balance Mg) used in this study was prepared
based on Sr additions to the Mg-Al system were developed by the squeeze-casting technique. Chemical analysis was per-
by Pekguleryuz et al. at the beginning of new millennium formed using glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy
[9–12]. and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Fig. 1 shows an
The available creep investigations of these alloys are de- optical micrograph of the as cast alloy. The primary solidified
scribed in detail in the review paper by Pekguleryuz and Ce- Mg dendrites are surrounded by interdendritic ternary phase.
Its chemical composition corresponds to Mg9 Al3 Sr. The re-
∗ Corresponding author. sults of constant strain-rate testing of the same experimental
E-mail address: dobes@ipm.cz (F. Dobeš). heat can be found in previous paper [21].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2020.03.001
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Fig. 4. Dependence of parameter A on reciprocal temperature. Fig. 5. Temperature dependence of the parameter B.
shear modulus G, the threshold stress is normalized to the [28]: D = 0.0001 · exp [ − 135000/(RT)] m2 s−1 , G = 16.6 ·
shear modulus. The values of the threshold stress are of the [1 − 0.00053 · (T − 300)] GPa and b = 0.32nm. A simple vi-
same order as those observed previously in a Mg-4Al-1Ca sual inspection of the normalized data clearly reveals the exis-
(AX41) alloy but substantially less than that in the magne- tence of two different regions: the border is at approximately
sium alloys strengthened by Saffil fibres [26,27]. They are 0.0035σ /G. It is convenient to examine these regions sepa-
also close to the value of 30 MPa reported for the AJ62 alloy rately.
at 423 K determined by a different technique [19].
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