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Item Microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP)(Elsevier Ltd, 2017) Gopi, K.R.; Shivananda Nayaka, H.Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) with different passes was carried out for Mg-Al-Mn (AM) series magnesium alloy to investigate the microstructure and mechanical properties. ECAP process was carried up to 4 passes using route BC, where the samples are rotated by 90° in the same direction between consecutive passes. Microstructures were studied using optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) and it was observed that the grain size was reduced from 100 μm to 1 μm after 4 passes. Tensile test was conducted and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) increased up to 2 passes but decreased with higher passes, even though grain size became finer with increase in ECAP passes. Microhardness was carried out and it was observed that the hardness was increased up to 2 passes of ECAP and decreased with higher passes. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.Item Electrochemical Behaviour of ECAP-Processed AM Series Magnesium Alloy(Springer International Publishing, 2019) Gopi, K.R.; Shivananda Nayaka, H.Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a technique for inducing high strain into the material to achieve ultrafine grain refinement. AM80 magnesium was processed by ECAP with processing route BC. ECAP-processed samples were tested for microstructural studies and electrochemical measurements. Potentiodynamic polarization test revealed decrease in corrosion current density due to uniform refined microstructure of the processed samples. Increment in charge transfer resistance (Rt) was observed for ECAPed samples with increase in capacitive arc diameters in Nyquist plots showing increased corrosion resistance in comparison with as-cast condition. The increment in corrosion resistance is because of grain refinement and uniform dispersal of intermetallic particles, which improved development of protective layer and bonding due to increased grain boundary density by ECAP process. © 2019, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.