Pub Date : 2026-01-20DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.101976
Xinyue Liang, Jiaqi Hu, Hong Gao
{"title":"Research on the stress corrosion cracking behavior of ZK60 magnesium alloy enhanced by multi-directional compression process","authors":"Xinyue Liang, Jiaqi Hu, Hong Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101976","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146014373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving the coexistence of multiple strengthening mechanisms in a dual-phase Mg-Li via rapid solidification","authors":"Xianzhe Shi, Jiaying Jian, Yuzhong Hui, Zhonghao Heng, Biao Chen, Zengyun Jian, Jianghua Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101962","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"272 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146000653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.101969
Wanqi Huang, Bo Hu, Qianxi Zhang, Hong Gao, Jiaxuan Han, Fanjin Yao, Jinhui Wang, Dejiang Li, Xiaoqin Zeng
{"title":"Research progress on hot tearing of magnesium alloys: Based on nucleation, propagation and feeding","authors":"Wanqi Huang, Bo Hu, Qianxi Zhang, Hong Gao, Jiaxuan Han, Fanjin Yao, Jinhui Wang, Dejiang Li, Xiaoqin Zeng","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101969","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146000657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Achieving strength-ductility synergy in Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr alloy fabricated by wire-arc directed energy deposition: La element addition via redox reaction of La2O3 and Mg","authors":"Ke Wu, Xinge Zhang, Wenquan Wang, Faming Shen, Xin Zheng, Chunbai Liu, Jingwei Liang, Xudong Liang, Zhihui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101971","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145995311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-18DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.101968
Wenhui Zhang, Shaozhu Wang, Huanwei Yu, Xianfeng Chen, Yanfu Chai, Yan Zhang, Huabao Yang, Di Mei, Xunming Zhu, Dongyang Li
{"title":"The corrosion resistance, discharge performance and mechanical properties of 1200 mm AZ31 Mg wide sheets produced by coupled continuous casting–rolling and warm rolling","authors":"Wenhui Zhang, Shaozhu Wang, Huanwei Yu, Xianfeng Chen, Yanfu Chai, Yan Zhang, Huabao Yang, Di Mei, Xunming Zhu, Dongyang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101968","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145995312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.101977
Jin-Long Cai, Pei-Lin Liu, Xu Guo, Qing Liu, Zhi-Gang Li
This study demonstrates that introducing multidimensional crystallographic defects through severe plastic deformation may overcome the strength-ductility trade-off in magnesium alloys. We developed a unique hyper-substructure (HSS) microstructure via novel upsetting-assisted asymmetric extrusion at low temperature (∼220 °C). The UE-55 specimen with ∼0.34 upsetting strain exhibited exceptional properties: ∼266.5 MPa yield strength, ∼311.9 MPa ultimate tensile strength, and ∼27.6% fracture elongation in a low-alloyed magnesium system (∼3.3 wt.% total alloy content). Remarkably, HSS simultaneously enhances both strength and ductility. Refined grains and elevated dislocation density within HSS primarily strengthen the material. Enhanced plasticity stems from synergistic mechanisms. Pre-existing dislocations multiply during tension through interaction-mediated processes, facilitating c-axis deformation. Simultaneously, linearly aligned low-angle boundaries (LABs) obstruct the propagation of microcracks initiated near high-angle boundaries (HABs) by fractured coarse secondary phases. This significantly improves the material’s microcrack accommodation capacity. This work establishes substructures as primary carriers of plastic deformation, diverging from conventional rapid extrusion techniques that produce fully recrystallized microstructures. The resultant strength-ductility synergy emerges from coordinated strengthening mechanisms. Notably, processing at 20.6 m/min extrusion speed enables efficient fabrication of high-performance magnesium extrudates. Furthermore, analysis of HSS formation mechanisms provides novel insights for industrial-scale production of cost-effective magnesium alloys.
{"title":"High strength-ductility synergy achieved in low-alloyed Mg alloys via hyper-substructure introduction through upsetting-assisted asymmetric extrusion","authors":"Jin-Long Cai, Pei-Lin Liu, Xu Guo, Qing Liu, Zhi-Gang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101977","url":null,"abstract":"This study demonstrates that introducing multidimensional crystallographic defects through severe plastic deformation may overcome the strength-ductility trade-off in magnesium alloys. We developed a unique hyper-substructure (HSS) microstructure via novel upsetting-assisted asymmetric extrusion at low temperature (∼220 °C). The UE-55 specimen with ∼0.34 upsetting strain exhibited exceptional properties: ∼266.5 MPa yield strength, ∼311.9 MPa ultimate tensile strength, and ∼27.6% fracture elongation in a low-alloyed magnesium system (∼3.3 wt.% total alloy content). Remarkably, HSS simultaneously enhances both strength and ductility. Refined grains and elevated dislocation density within HSS primarily strengthen the material. Enhanced plasticity stems from synergistic mechanisms. Pre-existing dislocations multiply during tension through interaction-mediated processes, facilitating c-axis deformation. Simultaneously, linearly aligned low-angle boundaries (LABs) obstruct the propagation of microcracks initiated near high-angle boundaries (HABs) by fractured coarse secondary phases. This significantly improves the material’s microcrack accommodation capacity. This work establishes substructures as primary carriers of plastic deformation, diverging from conventional rapid extrusion techniques that produce fully recrystallized microstructures. The resultant strength-ductility synergy emerges from coordinated strengthening mechanisms. Notably, processing at 20.6 m/min extrusion speed enables efficient fabrication of high-performance magnesium extrudates. Furthermore, analysis of HSS formation mechanisms provides novel insights for industrial-scale production of cost-effective magnesium alloys.","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145993395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.101975
Dong Li, Tong Zhang, Shaosheng Jia, Jianan Yu, Rongbang Sun, Bin Yin, Liguo Wang, Lingchuang Bai, Lan Chen, Shaokang Guan
{"title":"NIR/TME-responsive release of zoledronic acid-loaded LDHs on ZE21C magnesium alloy with multi-therapy for osteosarcoma","authors":"Dong Li, Tong Zhang, Shaosheng Jia, Jianan Yu, Rongbang Sun, Bin Yin, Liguo Wang, Lingchuang Bai, Lan Chen, Shaokang Guan","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.101975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.101975","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145995332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.10.003
Yun Feng, Muhammad Abubaker Khan, Han Wang, Didi Zhao, Shang Dai, Jingyuan Li
{"title":"Synergistic improvement of corrosion-strength of Mg-Zn-Ca-Sn dilute alloys by adjusting the Sn/Ca atomic ratio","authors":"Yun Feng, Muhammad Abubaker Khan, Han Wang, Didi Zhao, Shang Dai, Jingyuan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145895465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2025.11.013
Hee-Tae Jeong, Woo Jin Kim
Ultrathin metallic foils deform under plane-stress conditions, where the absence of through-thickness constraint and a low thickness-to-grain-size ratio (t/d) promote early necking and severely limit uniform elongation. Here, we demonstrate that high-ratio differential speed rolling (HRDSR) mitigates these geometric limitations in Mg–10Li alloy foils by refining grains to the nearly ultrafine regime, thereby increasing t/d and activating grain-boundary–mediated deformation. Foils 100 μm thick with grain sizes of 1.1 μm (t/d ≈ 91) exhibit elongations exceeding 30 % at 10−5 s−1, whereas coarse-grained counterparts (29.4 μm, t/d ≈ 3.4) of the same thickness fail abruptly with < 1 % uniform strain under identical conditions. Micro-pattern formability tests confirm homogeneous deformation and high surface fidelity in ultrafine-grained foils, in sharp contrast to severe strain localization and pattern collapse in coarse-grained samples. Strain-rate jump tests on the ultrafine-grained foils reveal an elevated strain-rate sensitivity (m ≈ 0.23) and low activation volumes (15–30 b3) at low strain-rates, suggesting that deformation is governed by a combined contribution of grain boundary sliding (GBS) and dislocation climb creep (DCC). A unified constitutive framework captures the transition from DCC at moderate strain-rates to GBS at low rates. The present findings demonstrate that refining Mg–Li alloys to a quasi-ultrafine-grained regime effectively overcomes the intrinsic ductility limitations imposed by plane-stress geometry, thereby enabling their practical application in flexible electronics, bioresorbable implants, and lightweight energy-storage systems.
{"title":"Overcoming geometric embrittlement in Mg–Li foils through grain refinement and grain-boundary–mediated deformation","authors":"Hee-Tae Jeong, Woo Jin Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jma.2025.11.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"Ultrathin metallic foils deform under plane-stress conditions, where the absence of through-thickness constraint and a low thickness-to-grain-size ratio (<em>t/d</em>) promote early necking and severely limit uniform elongation. Here, we demonstrate that high-ratio differential speed rolling (HRDSR) mitigates these geometric limitations in Mg–10Li alloy foils by refining grains to the nearly ultrafine regime, thereby increasing <em>t</em>/<em>d</em> and activating grain-boundary–mediated deformation. Foils 100 μm thick with grain sizes of 1.1 μm (<em>t</em>/<em>d</em> ≈ 91) exhibit elongations exceeding 30 % at 10<sup>−5</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>, whereas coarse-grained counterparts (29.4 μm, <em>t</em>/<em>d</em> ≈ 3.4) of the same thickness fail abruptly with < 1 % uniform strain under identical conditions. Micro-pattern formability tests confirm homogeneous deformation and high surface fidelity in ultrafine-grained foils, in sharp contrast to severe strain localization and pattern collapse in coarse-grained samples. Strain-rate jump tests on the ultrafine-grained foils reveal an elevated strain-rate sensitivity (<em>m</em> ≈ 0.23) and low activation volumes (15–30 <em>b</em><sup>3</sup>) at low strain-rates, suggesting that deformation is governed by a combined contribution of grain boundary sliding (GBS) and dislocation climb creep (DCC). A unified constitutive framework captures the transition from DCC at moderate strain-rates to GBS at low rates. The present findings demonstrate that refining Mg–Li alloys to a quasi-ultrafine-grained regime effectively overcomes the intrinsic ductility limitations imposed by plane-stress geometry, thereby enabling their practical application in flexible electronics, bioresorbable implants, and lightweight energy-storage systems.","PeriodicalId":16214,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnesium and Alloys","volume":"143 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145771323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}