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Improvement of ductility is important for applications of Mg alloys. Basal dislocation motion and twinning are the two major deformation modes in Mg alloys. However, the basal slip system cannot support homogeneous plastic deformation of Mg alloys. Twin-boundaries in Mg alloys are potential sites for cracking. Therefore, activation of non-basal slip is expected to play an important role in improving ductility of Mg alloys. We have studied both <a> and <c+a> dislocations, as well as their interactions with solute atoms, stacking-faults and grain-boundaries in RE-containing Mg alloys. Cottrell atmospheres along dislocations in deformed strengthening phases of a Mg–Zn–Y alloys were observed and quantified. Based on atomic resolution characterizations, a binding energy of about 0.05 eV is deduced between basal dislocations and surrounding solute atmospheres. Besides providing enough independent slip systems, <c+a> dislocations can cut and react with basal stacking-faults, and react with grain-boundary dislocations, and drive migration of grain-boundaries, benefiting both strength and ductility of Mg alloys.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51371178, 51390473 and 51771202), Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDY-SSW-JSC027).
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Yang, Z., Ye, H. (2018). Dislocations in Mg Alloys with Rare-Earth Element Addition. In: Orlov, D., Joshi, V., Solanki, K., Neelameggham, N. (eds) Magnesium Technology 2018. TMS 2018. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72332-7_28
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