Ductility enhancement in Mg-0.2%Ce alloys

Ductility of Mg alloys can be enhanced by alloying, controlling the grain size and randomizing the texture. In this study, Mg-0.2%Ce alloys were processed using rolling, multi-axial forging (MAF) and equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) to fabricate three different textured samples from the same alloy. The samples were further annealed to produce similar grain size without altering texture. Rolled sample had a strong basal {0001} texture, the …