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The liquid Mg–Zn–Y alloy was conditioned by an application of high-intensive shearing with a
pair of intermesh twin screws prior to high-pressure die casting (HPDC). Melt conditioning
produces a uniform microstructure with fine grain size and high integrity. The microstructure
was analyzed thoroughly, and the solidification characteristics of the melt-conditioned HPDC
(MC-HPDC) structure were discussed. The enhancement in I-phase precipitation and the
improvement in mechanical properties of MC-HPDC Mg–Zn–Y alloy can be achieved through
cyclic annealing.
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-009-9312-5
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International 2009
semisolid slurry is delivered into shoot sleeves, more shearing temperatures were varied, then solidification
solidification occurs on the presolidified a-Mg. Only a microstructures would be different as shown in
few of the survived nuclei can develop independently to Figures 3(b) through (d). Samples sheared at a higher
the rosette a-Mg phase as shown in Figure 3(b). If the temperature show more primary a-Mg rosettes than