%0 journal article
%@ 0921-5093
%A Yin, D.,Li, S.,Sun, K.,Fu, R.,Zhang, Y.,Jiang, B.,Huang, Y.,Zeng, Y.

%D 2022
%J Materials Science and Engineering: A
%N 
%P 143643 
%R doi:10.1016/j.msea.2022.143643
%T Superior elevated-temperature strength of Mg–Y–Sn alloys with thermostable multi-scale precipitates and grain structure
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.143643
 
%X The newly developed Mg–Y–Sn extrusions are prepared by adding Sn (0.6 and 1.5 wt%) to Mg–6Y. The optimized Mg–6Y-1.5Sn exhibited superior elevated-temperature strength up to 300 °C, charactered by the pronounced strain hardening. Specifically, the yield stress and ultimate tensile strength of this alloy at 300 °C are 186 ± 3 MPa and 328 ± 7 MPa, respectively, which are 64% and 93% higher than that of the highly RE-alloyed WE54. Sn addition to Mg–6Y introduces a large number of thermal-stable micron/nano-scale Sn3Y5 precipitates. Mg–6Y-1.5Sn, which contained more nano-scale precipitates, exhibited better elevated-temperature strength than that of Mg–6Y-0.6Sn. The grain structure transitioned from a uniformed equiaxial grain in Mg–6Y to a thermal-stable multiscale grain structure in Mg–6Y-0.6/1.5Sn, which consisted of fiber textured un-DRXed area with high dislocation density and randomly orientated DRXed grains with low dislocation density. The exceptional elevated-temperature strength strongly correlated to the combined thermal-stable multiscale precipitates and grain structures.