Tailoring strength-ductility balance of caliber-rolled AZ31 Mg alloy through subsequent annealing

Recently, multi-pass caliber rolling has been shown to be effective for Mg alloys. This study investigated the effect of subsequent annealing on the mechanical properties of a caliber-rolled AZ31 Mg alloy to modulate the strength-ductility relationship. This annealing gave rise to different trends in mechanical properties depending on the temperature regime. Low-temperature annealing (T ≤ 473 K) exhibited a typical trade-off relationship, where...