Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art and solve the technical problems of high hardness, difficult deformation and high temperature required by forming of the rare earth magnesium alloy, the invention provides a low-temperature forming method of the magnesium alloy with high rare earth content.
The design concept of the invention is as follows:
On one hand, the invention prepares the rare earth magnesium-based composite material with uniformly dispersed Ti particles and no obvious agglomeration on the surface by adding the deformable Ti particles as reinforcement into the high rare earth magnesium alloy;
On the other hand, the mechanical property of the high-rare-earth magnesium-based composite material is improved by a process combining extrusion and annealing, extrusion is an effective deformation mode for improving the structure and the property of cast magnesium alloy, and because the material is subjected to strong three-way compressive stress during extrusion deformation, casting defects can be remarkably eliminated, the structure is thinned, and the plastic deformation of a blank is facilitated, so that the control of the extrusion forming process on the structure and the property of the magnesium alloy is very important;
In a word, the invention selects Mg-Gd-Y-Zn alloy as a matrix, deformable Ti particles are used as reinforcements, the grain diameter of the Ti particles is 20-30 um, the high rare earth magnesium-based composite material with uniform Ti particle distribution and no obvious agglomeration on the surface is prepared, the mechanical property of the high rare earth magnesium-based composite material is improved by the process of combining extrusion and annealing, and the low-temperature forming of the high rare earth magnesium alloy is realized.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
A low-temperature forming method of a magnesium alloy with high rare earth content comprises the following steps:
S1, ti powder pretreatment, namely firstly, wrapping Ti powder by adopting Zn foil, and respectively recording the weight of the Ti powder and the weight of the Zn foil, then, putting the Ti powder wrapped by the Zn foil into a container wrapped by adopting Al foil together, and putting the Ti powder into a drying furnace for preheating, wherein the preheating temperature is 140-180 ℃, and reserving for later use;
S2, selecting raw materials, namely firstly cutting magnesium blocks according to the size of a crucible, polishing the magnesium blocks, magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy by an angle grinder, removing oxide skin on the surface, then weighing the magnesium blocks, zinc particles, magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy, wherein the components of the raw materials and the mass percentage content thereof are 3wt.% of zinc, 5wt.% to 10wt.% of gadolinium, 2wt.% of yttrium and the balance of magnesium;
S3, placing the clean crucible into a smelting furnace for preheating, taking out the crucible after the clean crucible is preheated to 430-550 ℃, uniformly coating a coating agent on the inner wall of the crucible, and then placing the crucible into the smelting furnace;
s4, heating the smelting furnace to 740-760 ℃, and after the surface of the crucible turns yellow, putting the magnesium block weighed in the step S2 into the crucible for heating until the magnesium block is completely melted, and continuously introducing protective gas into the smelting furnace in the process of melting the magnesium block to prepare magnesium liquid;
s5, cooling the smelting furnace to 710-720 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the magnesium liquid, adding the zinc particles weighed in the step S2 into the magnesium liquid, stirring for 0.5-1.5 min, and then preserving heat for 10-20 min;
S6, after the heat preservation of the step S5 is finished, naturally cooling the alloy liquid to 600-640 ℃ along with a smelting furnace, taking the alloy liquid to be in a semi-solid state, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt, then placing the alloy liquid into a stirring paddle, starting a stirring device to mechanically stir, taking out Ti powder pretreated in the step S1 after the semi-solid alloy melt forms a stable vortex, adding the Ti powder and Zn foil into the semi-solid alloy melt, wherein the addition amount of the Ti powder accounts for 5-15% of the total volume fraction of the melt, and removing the stirring paddle after stirring for 10-20 min;
S7, mechanically stirring, namely raising the temperature of the smelting furnace to 700-740 ℃ again, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy melt, then placing the magnesium-gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium-yttrium intermediate alloy weighed in the step S2 into the alloy melt, placing the alloy into a stirring paddle again for mechanical stirring after the alloy is melted, and withdrawing the stirring paddle after the mechanical stirring is finished for 5-20 min;
S8, ultrasonic dispersion treatment, namely removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid prepared in the step S7, extending an ultrasonic working rod which is preheated to 480-500 ℃ in advance into a position 20mm below the liquid surface of the alloy liquid, taking out the ultrasonic working rod after ultrasonic dispersion for 5-8 min, and standing for 3-5 min under heat preservation;
S9, casting, namely preheating a casting die to 400-500 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid after ultrasonic dispersion treatment in the step S8, casting the alloy liquid into the preheated casting die, and carrying out die casting by using a press, wherein the pressure is 400KN, the dwell time is 180-300S, taking out an ingot after die casting is completed, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite ingot;
S10, extrusion forming and annealing treatment, namely firstly cutting the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material cast ingot prepared in the step S9 into a plurality of extrusion blocks, polishing the surfaces of the extrusion blocks, then placing the extrusion blocks in an extrusion die, preheating the extrusion blocks to 360 ℃, carrying out hot extrusion forming on the extrusion blocks by using a press machine, wherein the extrusion rate is 0.1mm/S, the extrusion temperature is 360 ℃, the extrusion ratio is 16:1, and finally, placing the extrusion rod cooled to room temperature in a muffle furnace with the heating temperature of 360 ℃ for 30min, and rapidly taking out and quenching after the heat preservation is finished to prepare the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material.
Further, in the step S2, the purity of the magnesium block is 99.9%, the purity of the zinc particles is 99.9%, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Gd, the purity of the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Y, and the purity of the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is 99.9%.
Further, in the step S3, the coating agent consists of talcum powder paint and zinc oxide paint, wherein the talcum powder paint comprises 80g of talcum powder, 20g of water glass and 250ml of water, and the zinc oxide paint comprises 45g of zinc oxide, 45g of water glass and 250ml of water.
Further, in the step S4, the shielding gas is a mixed gas formed by CO 2 and SF 6, and the volume ratio of CO 2 to SF 6 is 99:1.
Further, the sum of the weight of the Zn foil in the step S1 and the weight of the zinc particles in the step S2 is the total content of Zn element in the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material prepared in the step S10.
Further, in the steps S5 to S9, a slag ladle is adopted to remove an oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt or alloy liquid, and the surface of the slag ladle is coated with a coating agent.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
The invention adds the deformable Ti particles as reinforcement into the rare earth magnesium alloy to prepare the rare earth magnesium-based composite material with even Ti particle distribution and no obvious agglomeration on the surface, and further improves the structure and mechanical properties of the rare earth magnesium-based composite material by the process of combining extrusion and annealing, thereby realizing the low-temperature forming of the high rare earth magnesium alloy. After extrusion and annealing treatment, the yield strength of the rare earth magnesium-based composite material is 324.5MPa, the tensile strength is 361.5MPa, and the elongation is 9.1%.
Detailed Description
The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples.
Example 1
The low-temperature forming method of the magnesium alloy with high rare earth content shown in fig. 1 comprises the following steps:
S1, ti powder pretreatment, namely firstly, wrapping Ti powder by adopting Zn foil, and respectively recording the weight of the Ti powder and the weight of the Zn foil, then, putting the Ti powder wrapped by the Zn foil into a container wrapped by adopting Al foil together, and putting the Ti powder into a drying furnace for preheating at the preheating temperature of 140 ℃ for later use;
S2, selecting raw materials, namely firstly cutting magnesium blocks according to the size of a crucible, polishing the magnesium blocks, magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy by an angle grinder, removing oxide skin on the surface, wherein the purity of the magnesium blocks is 99.9%, the purity of zinc particles is 99.9%, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Gd, the purity of the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Y, the purity of the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, then weighing the magnesium blocks, the zinc particles, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy, so that the composition of each element in the raw materials and the mass percentage content thereof are 3wt.% zinc, 5wt.% yttrium and 2wt.% magnesium, and finally, wrapping the weighed raw materials by fresh-keeping films respectively for later use, wherein the sum of the weight of Zn foil in the step S1 and the weight of the zinc particles in the step S2 is the total content of Zn elements in the final Tip/rare earth magnesium matrix composite;
s3, placing the clean crucible into a smelting furnace for preheating, taking out the crucible after the clean crucible is preheated to 430 ℃, uniformly coating a coating agent on the inner wall of the crucible, and then placing the crucible into the smelting furnace, wherein the coating agent consists of talcum powder paint and zinc oxide paint, the talcum powder paint comprises 80g of talcum powder, 20g of water glass and 250ml of water, and the zinc oxide paint comprises 45g of zinc oxide, 45g of water glass and 250ml of water;
S4, heating a smelting furnace to 740 ℃, and after the surface of the crucible turns yellow, putting the magnesium blocks weighed in the step S2 into the crucible for heating until the magnesium blocks are completely melted, continuously introducing protective gas into the smelting furnace in the process of melting the magnesium blocks to prepare magnesium liquid, wherein the protective gas consists of mixed gas of CO 2 and SF 6, and the volume ratio of CO 2 to SF 6 is 99:1;
s5, cooling the smelting furnace to 710 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the magnesium liquid, adding the zinc particles weighed in the step S2 into the magnesium liquid, stirring for 0.5min, and then preserving heat for 10min;
S6, after the heat preservation of the step S5 is finished, naturally cooling the alloy liquid to 600 ℃ along with a smelting furnace, taking the alloy liquid to be in a semi-solid state, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt, then placing the alloy liquid into a stirring paddle, starting a stirring device to mechanically stir, taking out Ti powder pretreated in the step S1 after the semi-solid alloy melt forms a stable vortex, adding the Ti powder and Zn foil into the semi-solid alloy melt, wherein the addition amount of the Ti powder is 5% of the total melt volume percent, stirring for 10min, and then withdrawing from the stirring paddle;
s7, mechanically stirring, namely raising the temperature of the smelting furnace to 700 ℃ again, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy melt, then placing the magnesium-gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium-yttrium intermediate alloy weighed in the step S2 into the alloy melt, placing the alloy into a stirring paddle again for mechanical stirring after the alloy is melted, and withdrawing the stirring paddle after the mechanical stirring is finished;
s8, ultrasonic dispersion treatment, namely removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid prepared in the step S7, extending an ultrasonic working rod which is preheated to 480 ℃ in advance to a position 20mm below the liquid surface of the alloy liquid, taking out the ultrasonic working rod after ultrasonic dispersion for 5min, and preserving heat and standing for 3min;
S9, casting, namely preheating a casting die to 400 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid after ultrasonic dispersion treatment in the step S8, casting the alloy liquid into the preheated casting die, and carrying out die casting by using a press, wherein the pressure is 400KN, the dwell time is 180S, taking out the cast ingot after die casting is completed, naturally cooling the cast ingot to room temperature, and obtaining a cast ingot of the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material, wherein a microstructure morphology diagram of the cast Tip/Mg-7Gd-2Y-3Zn composite material is shown in FIG. 2, ti particles in the cast composite material are uniformly dispersed, obvious agglomeration and oxidation slag inclusion are not generated on the surface, and a second phase is distributed along a grain boundary in a discontinuous network form;
S10, extrusion forming and annealing treatment, namely firstly cutting the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material cast ingot prepared in the step S9 into a plurality of extrusion blocks, polishing the surfaces of the extrusion blocks, then placing the extrusion blocks in an extrusion die, preheating the extrusion blocks to 360 ℃, carrying out hot extrusion forming on the extrusion blocks by using a press machine, wherein the extrusion rate is 0.1mm/S, the extrusion temperature is 360 ℃, the extrusion ratio is 16:1, and finally, placing the extrusion rod cooled to room temperature in a muffle furnace with the heating temperature of 360 ℃ for 30min, and rapidly taking out and quenching after the heat preservation is finished to prepare the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material.
The microstructure morphology diagram of the extruded Tip/Mg-7Gd-2Y-3Zn composite material is shown in fig. 3, and the fact that the Ti particles are obviously elongated after extrusion is shown in fig. 3, obvious dynamic recrystallization occurs in a matrix, and the grain size is obviously thinned compared with that of an as-cast composite material.
The microstructure morphology diagram of the annealed Tip/Mg-7Gd-2Y-3Zn composite material is shown in FIG. 4, and the recrystallization rate of the extruded alloy after annealing treatment is improved and the grain size is increased according to the graph in FIG. 4.
As can be seen from FIG. 5, the as-cast composite material has a yield strength, a tensile strength and an elongation of 99.0MPa, 134.5MPa and 0.93%, respectively, and after annealing, the composite material has a yield strength of 324.5MPa, a tensile strength of 361.5MPa and an elongation of 9.1%.
Example 2
A low-temperature forming method of a magnesium alloy with high rare earth content comprises the following steps:
S1, ti powder pretreatment, namely firstly, wrapping Ti powder by adopting Zn foil, and respectively recording the weight of the Ti powder and the weight of the Zn foil, then, putting the Ti powder wrapped by the Zn foil into a container wrapped by adopting Al foil together, and putting the Ti powder into a drying furnace for preheating at 160 ℃ for later use;
S2, selecting raw materials, namely firstly cutting magnesium blocks according to the size of a crucible, polishing the magnesium blocks, magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy by an angle grinder, removing oxide skin on the surface, wherein the purity of the magnesium blocks is 99.9%, the purity of zinc particles is 99.9%, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Gd, the purity of the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Y, the purity of the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, then weighing the magnesium blocks, the zinc particles, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy, so that the composition of each element in the raw materials and the mass percentage content thereof are 3wt.% zinc, 7wt.% yttrium and 2wt.% magnesium, and finally, wrapping the weighed raw materials by fresh-keeping films respectively for later use, wherein the sum of the weight of Zn foil in the step S1 and the weight of the zinc particles in the step S2 is the total content of Zn elements in the final Tip/rare earth magnesium matrix composite;
S3, placing the clean crucible into a smelting furnace for preheating, taking out the crucible after the clean crucible is preheated to 500 ℃, uniformly coating a coating agent on the inner wall of the crucible, and then placing the crucible into the smelting furnace, wherein the coating agent consists of talcum powder paint and zinc oxide paint, the talcum powder paint comprises 80g of talcum powder, 20g of water glass and 250ml of water, and the zinc oxide paint comprises 45g of zinc oxide, 45g of water glass and 250ml of water;
S4, heating a smelting furnace to 750 ℃, and after the surface of the crucible turns yellow, putting the magnesium blocks weighed in the step S2 into the crucible for heating until the magnesium blocks are completely melted, continuously introducing protective gas into the smelting furnace in the process of melting the magnesium blocks to prepare magnesium liquid, wherein the protective gas consists of mixed gas of CO 2 and SF 6, and the volume ratio of CO 2 to SF 6 is 99:1;
S5, cooling the smelting furnace to 715 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the magnesium liquid, adding the zinc particles weighed in the step S2 into the magnesium liquid, stirring for 1min, and then preserving heat for 15min;
S6, after the heat preservation in the step S5 is finished, naturally cooling the alloy liquid to 620 ℃ along with a smelting furnace, taking the alloy liquid to be in a semi-solid state, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt, then placing the alloy liquid into a stirring paddle, starting a stirring device to mechanically stir, taking out Ti powder pretreated in the step S1 after the semi-solid alloy melt forms a stable vortex, adding the Ti powder and Zn foil into the semi-solid alloy melt, wherein the addition amount of the Ti powder is 10% of the total melt volume fraction, stirring for 15min, and then withdrawing from the stirring paddle;
S7, mechanically stirring, namely heating the smelting furnace to 720 ℃ again, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy melt, then placing the magnesium-gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium-yttrium intermediate alloy weighed in the step S2 into the alloy melt, placing the alloy into a stirring paddle again for mechanical stirring after the alloy is melted, and removing the stirring paddle after the mechanical stirring is finished;
S8, ultrasonic dispersion treatment, namely removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid prepared in the step S7, extending an ultrasonic working rod which is preheated to 490 ℃ in advance to a position 20mm below the liquid surface of the alloy liquid, taking out the ultrasonic working rod after ultrasonic dispersion for 7min, and keeping the temperature and standing for 4min;
s9, casting, namely preheating a casting mould to 450 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid after ultrasonic dispersion treatment in the step S8, casting the alloy liquid into the preheated casting mould, and carrying out die casting by using a press under the pressure of 400KN for 240S, taking out the cast ingot after die casting, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite cast ingot, wherein in the steps S5 to S9, a slag ladle is adopted to remove the oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt or the alloy liquid, and the surface of the slag ladle is coated with a coating agent;
S10, extrusion forming and annealing treatment, namely firstly cutting the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material cast ingot prepared in the step S9 into a plurality of extrusion blocks, polishing the surfaces of the extrusion blocks, then placing the extrusion blocks in an extrusion die, preheating the extrusion blocks to 360 ℃, carrying out hot extrusion forming on the extrusion blocks by using a press machine, wherein the extrusion rate is 0.1mm/S, the extrusion temperature is 360 ℃, the extrusion ratio is 16:1, and finally taking out the extrusion plate prepared by extrusion forming, placing the extrusion plate in a muffle furnace with the heating temperature of 360 ℃ for heat preservation for 30min, and rapidly taking out and quenching after the heat preservation is finished to prepare the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material.
Example 3
A low-temperature forming method of a magnesium alloy with high rare earth content comprises the following steps:
S1, ti powder pretreatment, namely firstly, wrapping Ti powder by adopting Zn foil, and respectively recording the weight of the Ti powder and the weight of the Zn foil, then, putting the Ti powder wrapped by the Zn foil into a container wrapped by adopting Al foil together, and putting the Ti powder into a drying furnace for preheating at 180 ℃ for later use;
S2, selecting raw materials, namely firstly cutting magnesium blocks according to the size of a crucible, polishing the magnesium blocks, magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy by an angle grinder, removing oxide skin on the surface, wherein the purity of the magnesium blocks is 99.9%, the purity of zinc particles is 99.9%, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Gd, the purity of the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is Mg-30Y, the purity of the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy is 99.9%, then weighing the magnesium blocks, the zinc particles, the magnesium gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium yttrium intermediate alloy, so that the composition of each element in the raw materials and the mass percentage content thereof are 3wt.% zinc, 10wt.% gadolinium and 2wt.% yttrium, and the balance magnesium, and finally, wrapping the weighed raw materials by fresh-keeping films respectively for later use, wherein the sum of the weight of Zn foil in the step S1 and the weight of the zinc particles in the step S2 is the total content of Zn elements in the final Tip/rare earth magnesium matrix composite;
S3, placing the clean crucible into a smelting furnace for preheating, taking out the crucible after the clean crucible is preheated to 550 ℃, uniformly coating a coating agent on the inner wall of the crucible, and then placing the crucible into the smelting furnace, wherein the coating agent consists of talcum powder paint and zinc oxide paint, the talcum powder paint comprises 80g of talcum powder, 20g of water glass and 250ml of water, and the zinc oxide paint comprises 45g of zinc oxide, 45g of water glass and 250ml of water;
S4, heating a smelting furnace to 760 ℃, and after the surface of the crucible turns yellow, putting the magnesium block weighed in the step S2 into the crucible for heating until the magnesium block is completely melted, and continuously introducing a protective gas into the smelting furnace in the process of melting the magnesium block to prepare magnesium liquid, wherein the protective gas consists of CO 2 and SF 6 to form a mixed gas, and the volume ratio of CO 2 to SF 6 is 99:1;
s5, cooling the smelting furnace to 720 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the magnesium liquid, adding the zinc particles weighed in the step S2 into the magnesium liquid, stirring for 1.5min, and then preserving heat for 20min;
S6, after the heat preservation of the step S5 is finished, naturally cooling the alloy liquid to 640 ℃ along with a smelting furnace, taking the alloy liquid to be in a semi-solid state, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the semi-solid alloy melt, then placing the alloy liquid into a stirring paddle, starting a stirring device to mechanically stir, taking out Ti powder pretreated in the step S1 after the semi-solid alloy melt forms a stable vortex, adding the Ti powder and Zn foil into the semi-solid alloy melt, wherein the addition amount of the Ti powder is 15% of the total melt volume percent, stirring for 20min, and then withdrawing from the stirring paddle;
S7, mechanically stirring, namely heating the smelting furnace to 740 ℃ again, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy melt, then placing the magnesium-gadolinium intermediate alloy and the magnesium-yttrium intermediate alloy weighed in the step S2 into the alloy melt, placing the alloy into a stirring paddle again for mechanically stirring after the alloy is melted, and withdrawing the stirring paddle after the mechanical stirring is finished;
S8, ultrasonic dispersion treatment, namely removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid prepared in the step S7, extending an ultrasonic working rod which is preheated to 500 ℃ in advance into a position 20mm below the liquid surface of the alloy liquid, taking out the ultrasonic working rod after ultrasonic dispersion for 8min, and keeping the temperature and standing for 5min;
S9, casting, namely preheating a casting mould to 500 ℃, removing an oxide layer on the surface of the alloy liquid after ultrasonic dispersion treatment in the step S8, casting the alloy liquid into the preheated casting mould, and carrying out die casting by using a press under the pressure of 400KN for 300S, taking out the cast ingot after die casting, and naturally cooling to room temperature to obtain a Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite cast ingot;
S10, extrusion forming and annealing treatment, namely firstly cutting the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material cast ingot prepared in the step S9 into a plurality of extrusion blocks, polishing the surfaces of the extrusion blocks, then placing the extrusion blocks in an extrusion die, preheating the extrusion blocks to 360 ℃, carrying out hot extrusion forming on the extrusion blocks by using a press machine, wherein the extrusion rate is 0.1mm/S, the extrusion temperature is 360 ℃, the extrusion ratio is 16:1, and finally, placing the extrusion rod cooled to room temperature in a muffle furnace with the heating temperature of 360 ℃ for 30min, and rapidly taking out and quenching after the heat preservation is finished to prepare the Tip/rare earth magnesium-based composite material.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.