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Effect of composition and microstructure on mechanical and corrosion properties in magnesium alloys with a potential for medical applications.
Minárik, Peter ; Král, Robert (advisor) ; Chráska, Pavel (referee) ; Landa, Michal (referee)
Title: Effect of composition and microstructure on mechanical and corrosion properties in magnesium alloys with a potential for medical applications. Author: RNDr. Peter MINÁRIK Department / Institute: Department of Physics of Materials, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: Doc. Dr. rer. nat. Robert Král, PhD., Department of Physics of Materials, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague Abstract: Doctoral thesis is focused on the effect of thermomechanical processing through ECAP on the microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion properties. The investigation was performed on the extruded magnesium alloys AE21, AE42 and LAE442, because their potential for medical applications. Microstructure development was characterized in detail by scanning electron microscopy together with detection of back scattered electros, transmission electron microscopy and positron annihilation spectroscopy. Development of mechanical properties was investigated by tensile and compression deformation tests and microhardness measurement. Corrosion resistance was investigated by linear polarization method. Fine-grain structure with grain boundaries with high angle misorientation was achieved by the thermomechanical processing. The resulting...
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Effect of substantial grain refinement on microstructure and mechanical properties of precipitation hardenable magnesium alloys.
Hofman, Daniel ; Minárik, Peter (advisor) ; Janeček, Miloš (referee)
Properties of magnesium alloy WE43 and the effect of substantial grain refinement by ECAP were studied. The compressive strength test revealed a significant increase of yield strength after ECAP, resulting in yield strength of over 400 MPa after 8 ECAP passes. The material remained surprisingly ductile in both compression and tension. Thermal stability of the material was investigated via Vickers hardness test. The ultrafine-grained structure shows good thermal stability up to 300 řC, where the precipitates start to dissolve and grain size starts to increase, resulting in sharp fall of hardness. Annealing of the initial state showed best results for 210 řC where the precipitation hardening led to an increase in hardness up to ∼101 HV.
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Investigation of deformation mechanisms in textured magnesium alloy by advanced in-situ methods
Dittrich, Jan ; Minárik, Peter (advisor) ; Janeček, Miloš (referee)
Title: Investigation of deformation mechanisms in textured magnesium alloy by advanced in-situ methods Author: Bc. Jan Dittrich Department: Department of Physics of Materials Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Minárik, PhD., Department of Physics of Materials Abstract: This thesis aims to investigate the correlation between texture and the activation of particular deformation mechanisms during the deformation of a rolled magnesium alloy AZ31. A combination of advanced in-situ techniques, providing complementary information about the processes within the material during its deformation, was employed to achieve this goal. The combination of neutron diraction and acoustic emission measurements allowed to investigate both rapid and continuous processes related to changes of the material microstructure resulting from its deformation. The in-situ loading of the sample inside the chamber of a scanning electron microscope, coupled with the electron backscatter diraction analysis, provided more direct observations of the microstructural evolution. Furthermore, the high-speed camera imaging of the deformed sample surface enabled a direct, real-time view of the occurring rapid processes. The results of the experiments conrmed the anisotropy of the mechanical behaviour of samples oriented diversely with respect to the...
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Effect of microstructure on mechanisms of plastic deformation in fine-grained magnesium alloys
Minárik, Peter
In this work were studied effects of the grain refinement on the mechanical properties and the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys potential for medical applications - AE21 and AE42. Mechanical properties changed after ECAP pressing in consistency with literature data. Enhanced corrosion resistance in AE42 alloy was achieved by the grain refinement. Corrosion layer created on the surface was observed by light and electron microscopy. Effect of the grain size on the character of the corrosion layer was investigated. AE42 alloy is suitable for further investigation as potential biodegradable material. AE21 alloy was excluded from further investigation due to low corrosion resistance even after ECAP treatment.
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Investigation of deformation mechanisms in textured magnesium alloy
Dittrich, J. ; Čapek, J. ; Knapek, Michal ; Minárik, P.
Advanced in-situ and ex-situ methods were used to reveal active deformation mechanisms during deformation of magnesium alloy with a strong texture. Three sets of samples were prepared from the rolled sheet of commercial AZ31 alloy with respect to its strong basal texture - normal direction (ND), rolling direction (RD) and 45 degrees between RD and ND, and were deformed in both compression and tension. The signal of acoustic emission (AE) was measured concurrently during the deformation. Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) was used to study the microstructure after the selected stages of the deformation. It is shown that the extension twinning played an important role during the plastic deformation in the samples having favorably oriented basal texture component, whereas in the unfavorably oriented samples, the role of twinning was marginal. Pronounced activation of twinning only in some samples caused a considerable variation in the deformation behavior and AE response. A consistent link between the energy and amplitudes of the AE signal and the microstructure changes investigated by EBSD was established.
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Mechanical properties of WN43 magnesium alloy prepared by spark plasma sintering
Knapek, Michal ; Minárik, P. ; Greš, A. ; Zemková, M. ; Cinert, Jakub ; Král, R.
The spark plasma sintering (SPS) method was used to prepare bulk materials form WN43 magnesium alloy atomized powder. Compression tests were carried out in order to investigate the effect of different sintering regimes (10 min at 400, 450, or 500 degrees C) on the mechanical properties of the material. Furthermore, complementary in-situ acoustic emission (AE) recording was employed to reveal the dynamics of deformation processes during compression. It was shown that by increasing the sintering temperature, the ultimate compressive strength and ductility were significantly improved. The AE data and microstructure observations suggest that pronounced twin nucleation takes place around the yield point whereas twin growth and dislocation activity are the dominant deformation mechanisms in the later stages of deformation.
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Effect of aluminum content and precipitation on the corrosion behavior and acoustic emission response of AZ31 and AZ80 magnesium alloys
Veverková, E. ; Knapek, Michal ; Minárik, P.
In this study, we investigated the effect of aluminum content and precipitation on the corrosion behavior of the AZ31 and AZ80 magnesium alloys. The investigated alloys were received in the as-extruded condition in order to retain comparable grain size and texture. First, solid solution treatment was performed on the samples of both alloys. Subsequently, the samples were isothermally aged at 200 degrees C for 20 hours. The scanning electron microscopy was used to study the grain size and microstructure. The corrosion properties of samples were studied by potentiodynamic polarization measurements and the AE signal was concurrently recorded. Solution treated AZ80 and AZ31 samples exhibited similar behavior. The aged AZ80 sample showed lower corrosion rate. Also, a strong breakdown appeared in the later (compared to other samples) stage of the potentiodynamic test. The breakdown was found to be easily recognized by AE parameters.
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Oxidation properties of complex concentrated alloys
Veverková, Eliška ; Minárik, Peter (advisor) ; Král, Robert (referee)
The thesis is focused on the oxidation characteristics of two complex con- centrated alloys - FeAlCrMo and FeAlCrV. Potentiodynamic polarisation tests were performed in order to characterize corrosion behavior of the alloys in two different corrosion media (aqueous solution of 3,5% NaCl and 0,5M H2SO4), in addition, high-temperature oxidation resistance was studied. All tests were perfor- med also for stainless steel used as a benchmark. An excellent corrosion resistance of both alloys was discovered, especially in the acidic solution, the studied alloys even surpassed reference stainless steel. On the contrary, poor resistance to high- temperature oxidation was observed. Particularly FeAlCrV exhibited catastrophic properties and resistance of FeAlCrMo is also inferior to stainless steel.
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Návrh strategie pro rozvoj informačního webu
Minařík, Petr
The bachelor thesis „Design of a strategy for the development of the information website“ is focused on the solution of the issue of the web site www.verejne- brusleni.info, both from a technological and marketing point of view, as well as from a strategic point of view. The main objective of the work is to focus on various types of analysis of current activities in order to create a new strategy and recom- mendations for successful development and long-term sustainability of the „Veřejné bruslení“ project.
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Effect of sintering temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties of AE42 magnesium alloy prepared by spark plasma sintering
Minárik, P. ; Lukáč, František ; Cinert, Jakub ; Šašek, S. ; Král, R.
Magnesium alloy AE42 was prepared by powder metallurgy technique of spark plasma sintering. The effect of sintering parameters, particularly sintering temperature, on the microstructure and mechanical strength was investigated. The gas-atomized powder was sintered at four temperatures in the temperature range of 400-550 °C. It was found that mechanical strength of the sintered samples was significantly affected by several microstructural features. Application of relatively high load during sintering caused deformation of the individual particles and consequent recrystallization depending on the processing temperature resulted in the release of internal strain and in grain growth. As a result, the evolution of the mechanical strength as a function of the sintering temperature was significantly affected by residual stress, grain size and coarsening of secondary phase particles.
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