Exceptional mechanical properties of AZ31 alloy wire by combination of cold drawing and EPT

Zhaohui Shan, Jing Bai, Jianfeng Fan, Hongfei Wu, Hua Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Weiguo Li, Hongbiao Dong, Bingshe Xu

Table 1 Electropulsing parameters of samples.

Sample No. Frequency, f (Hz) Pulse width, τp(μs) Current density, Jm (A/m2) Duty ratio Processing time, t (s) 1 100 20 1.88 × 1010 0.0020 180 2 100 20 1.88 × 1010 0.0020 300 3 100 20 1.88 × 1010 0.0020 600 4 100 25 1.88 × 1010 0.0025 180 5 100 25 1.88 × 1010 0.0025 300 6 100 25 1.88 × 1010 0.0025 600 7 100 30 1.88 × 1010 0.0030 30 8 100 30 1.88 × 1010 0.0030 60 9 100 30 1.88 × 1010 0.0030 180