X-Ray Stress Measurement for Rolled Magnesium Alloy AZ61 Made by Twin-Roll Casting

Abstract

For the application to the structure part of the magnesium alloy, material evaluations such as mechanical strength, fatigue property and property of stress corrosion cracking are necessary. Therefore, the X-ray stress measurement that is Non-destructive inspection is effective technique. However, there are few reports that described X-rays stress measurement about magnesium alloy. The report considered about X-ray elastic constant and stress constant in detail is not found. In this report, X-ray elastic and stress constants of rolled AZ61 magnesium alloy were measured. As result, by removing surface layer that has anelastic behavior and considering texture of specimen, X-ray elastic and stress constants can be measured. The X-ray elastic constants of AZ61 magnesium alloy in as received specimens were 41.2 GPa by using 1014 diffraction and 39.9 GPa by using 1015 diffraction.