Effect of deformation degree on mechanical properties of AZ80 magnesium alloy

The mechanical properties and microstructures were investigated for AZ80 Mg alloy during plane strain compression and extrusion processing. The results show the tensile strength increases with the increasing deformation degree in the two-phase zone due to sufficient dynamic recrystallization and work-hardening effect. In single-phase zone, the tensile strength increases firstly and then does not varies basically when the deformation degree is greater than a certain critical value. This is very beneficial to optimize processing parameters to obtain microstructure with improved mechanical behavior.