A simultaneous improvement of both strength and ductility by Sn addition in as-extruded Mg-6Al-4Zn alloy

Xiao-Yuan Wang, Yu-Fei Wang, Cheng Wang, Shun Xu, Jian Rong, Zhi-Zheng Yang, Jin-Guo Wang, Hui-Yuan Wang

Table 4 Average Schmid factors calculated from the inverse pole figures of AZ64 and AZT643 samples at different tensile stages along ED.

AZ64 AZT643 Non-deformed 8% deformed Variation (%) Non-deformed 8% deformed Variation (%) Basal <a> 0.3 0.312 4 0.339 0.236 -30.4 Prismatic <a> 0.138 0.146 5.8 0.161 0.082 -49 Pyramidal <a> 0.276 0.274 -0.7 0.301 0.203 -32.6 Pyramidal <c+a> 0.396 0.386 -2.5 0.369 0.442 19.8