Application of solute alloying elements to hinder deformation twinning and generate isotropic mechanical properties of Mg extrusions

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Walter Reimers
• Subject Area: Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials ; Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Origins
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 276309944

The proposed project aims to minimize the mechanical anisotropy of Mg extrusions using solute alloying elements, which inhibit deformation twinning. The selected alloying elements reduce the twinning activity by hindering twin nucleation or twin growth and thereby, generating largely isotropic mechanical properties.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants