Towards development of a high-strength stainless Mg alloy with Al-assisted growth of passive film

作者：Qingchun Zhu, Yangxin Li, Fuyong Cao, Dong Qiu, Yao Yang, Jingya Wang, Huan Zhang, Tao Ying, Wenjiang Ding, Xiaoqin Zeng · 发表于：Nature Communications · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1038/s41467-022-33480-w · 被引用次数：239 · 研究领域：Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications、Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties、Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Abstract Magnesium alloys with high strength and excellent corrosion resistance are always sought-after in light-weighting structural components for automotive and aerospace applications. However, for most magnesium alloys that have a high specific strength, they usually have an inferior corrosion resistance and vice versa. In this work, we successfully develop a Mg-11Y-1Al (wt. %) alloy through conventional casting, solution treatment followed by extrusion. The overall properties of this alloy feature with a corrosion rate lower than 0.2 mm y −1 , high yield strength of 350 MPa and moderate tensile elongation of 8%, the combination of which shows competitive advantage over other comparative magnesium alloys in the literature. It is found that a thin and dense protective film of Y 2 O 3 /Y(OH) 3 can be fast developed with the aid of Al 2 O 3 /Al(OH) 3 deposition to isolate this alloy from further attack of corrosion medium. Meanwhile, the refined grains, weak texture and activation of non-basal slip systems co-contribute to the high strength and good ductility. Our findings are expected to inspire the design of next-generation high performance magnesium alloys.