%0 journal article
%@ 1047-4838
%A Xu, Y., Gavras, S., Gensch, F., Kainer, K., Hort, N.

%D 2020
%J JOM: The Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
%N 1
%P 517-522 
%R doi:10.1007/s11837-019-03877-y
%T Effect of Nd Additions on the Mechanical Properties of Mg Binary Alloys
%U https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03877-y
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%X The influence of Nd contents and particles on the microstructure and mechanical properties of extruded Mg alloys are discussed. Pure Mg and binary Mg-xNd (x = 0.2 wt.%, 0.5 wt.%, 1 wt.%, 2 wt.%, 5 wt.%) alloys were cast and extruded. Hardness and tensile/compression tests were measured on those alloys. The results show that the addition of Nd to Mg leads to improvements in hardness, tensile/compression yield strengths and elongation. However, the Nd has little effect on ultimate strengths and compressibility of Mg alloys. The contributions of strengthening mechanisms to the tensile/compressive yield strength of extruded Mg-Nd alloys are investigated. Mg41Nd5 phase was distributed in Mg-2Nd and Mg-5Nd alloys after extrusion, which is the main reason that decreased the grain size of Mg-Nd. The tension-compressing yield asymmetry is decreased from 1.8 to 1 with the increased additions Nd in extruded alloys.