Effect of Rotary Swaging on Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties of a Mg‐Al‐Zn Alloy

The effect of rotary swaging on the microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties of the magnesium alloy Mg‐4.4Al‐0.9Zn‐0.4Mn is studied. Repetitive processing, conducted at progressively dropped deformation temperature (from 400 down to 200 °C), leads to an increase in the cumulative strain ε . Rotary swaging of the alloy is shown to lead to microstructure fragmentation due to intensive twinning on various crystallographic planes. A high...