The role of extrusion texture on strength and its anisotropy in a Mg-base alloy composed of the Long-Period-Structural-Order phase

A Mg–Y–Zn alloy composed almost completely of the Long-Period-Stacking-Ordered (LPSO) phase has been prepared by casting and extrusion to flat bar. An elongated microstructure is obtained with different grain orientations along the extrusion, transverse and normal directions, leading to a strong orientation dependence of strength. Differences of tensile and compressive stress are also noted. The importance of basal slip and other...