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Item Microstructural and Hardness evolution of AZ80 alloy after ECAP and post-ECAP processes(Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Naik, G.M.; Gote, G.D.; Narendranath, S.This research paper investigates the microstructure evolution and hardness variation of wrought AZ80 magnesium alloy after each ECAP passes. The strengthening effect of AZ80 alloy was examined after post-ECAP aging treatment. Alloys were severely deformed through equal channel angular press at 533K using route Bc with a die channel angle (φ) 1100 and corner angle (ψ) 300. Subsequently, the microstructural characterization was studied using optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Further, post-ECAP aging treatment at 523K for 6h and 12h was performed and microhardness of the specimens was measured. It was found that the grain refinement through thermo-mechanical processing of ECAP and Post-ECAP treatment significantly improves the microhardness of the Mg alloy, which directly influences the properties of wrought AZ80 magnesium alloy. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Item Microstructure and Corrosion behavior of wrought AZ80 Mg alloys after the combined processes of ECAP and Hot Rolling(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019) Naik, G.M.; Gote, G.D.; Narendranath, S.; Satheesh Kumar, S.S.In the current work, wrought AZ80 Mg alloys were subjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) followed by hot rolling (HR). Then, combined effects of ECAP and HR on microstructure and electrochemical corrosion behavior were investigated in 3.5wt.% NaCl solution. The microstructure and corrosion morphology study was made through optical and scanning electron microscope respectively. The results show that the use of hot rolling after ECAP significantly decreases the grain size compared to as-received and ECAP-4 pass processed Mg alloys. In addition, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization results have shown that the hot rolling of AZ80 Mg alloy after ECAP exhibited lower corrosion current and higher corrosion resistance is due to fine grain microstructure and continuous and uniform distribution of secondary phases. This was evidently observed during this study. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Item The Role of Processing Temperature in Equal Channel Angular Extrusion: Microstructure Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020) Naik, G.M.; Narendranath, S.; Satheesh Kumar, S.S.Equal channel angular extrusion, patented in Russia by V. M. Segal in 1977, has become a promising technique to enhance tensile strength and corrosion resistance of Mg alloys. It is believed that the processing temperature ensures the production of ECAE-processed billet without surface defects. Indeed, ECAE processing temperature affects microstructure, tensile behavior, and corrosion resistance of the material. Therefore, this chapter investigates the impact of ECAE pressing temperature on microstructure, mechanical behavior, and corrosion resistance of AZ80 Mg alloys. The processing temperature of 533 and 663 K was selected based on the recrystallization temperature of Mg alloys. As a result, the processing temperature has a substantial impact on material properties. The axial tensile strength and hardness decrease by 25.45% and 6.56%, respectively, due to thermal softening of materials. The corrosion resistance increases by 84% due to grain size reduction and distribution of secondary phases, when the ECAP-4P processing temperature is increased from 533 K to 663 K. © 2020, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.