Thixotropic behavior of semi-solid magnesium alloy

Hsueh I. Chen, Jyh Chen Chen

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Abstract

By a high-temperature Couette type viscometer, we studied the thixotropic behavior of the semi-solid AZ91D magnesium alloy slurry. According to different variable conditions, we could measure the change of the shear stress. The results showed that the shear stress of semi-solid AZ91D magnesium alloy slurry increased at starting shearing, and the shear stress fell down at the maintained shear rate shearing. In our experiment data, we found that the semi-solid AZ91D magnesium alloy slurry had the behavior of shear thinning fluid. As the maximum shear rate increased, the measured shear stress increased at a dissimilar level. When the rising time was shorter, the increasing range of shear stress was larger. As the shearing time of the maintained shear rate increased, the falling down degree of the shear stress increased and it can be presented as a function of shearing time, such as: τmin = 11331e -011159t. At the same shear rate, the area of hysteresis loop was bigger and the thixotropic behavior was more obvious.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSemi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, S2P 2006
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages648-651
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)3908451264, 9783908451266
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event9th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, S2P 2006 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 11 Sep 200613 Sep 2006

Publication series

NameSolid State Phenomena
Volume116-117
ISSN (Print)1012-0394

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, S2P 2006
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period11/09/0613/09/06

Keywords

  • AZ91D magnesium alloy
  • Couette viscometer
  • Semi-solid state
  • Thixotropic behavior

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