Enhanced plasticity mediated by disclination-assisted accommodation and twinning-induced work hardening in an elliptical-textured Mg alloy

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• Improved work-hardening capacity and ductility were achieved by tailoring a strong basal texture to a TD-spread elliptical texture through minute addition of yttrium into a Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloy. • Systematic investigations on deformation-induced microstructural evolutions have been performed by combining the quasi-in-situ EBSD and dislocation/disclination analyses. • It has been demonstrated that disclinations are generated in defect reactions ( e.g. , twin-grain boundary reaction), which play critical roles in assisting intergranular accommodation and improving work-hardening capability. Crystallographic texture engineering is a key strategy for enhancing the mechanical properties of polycrystalline magnesium (Mg) alloys. Due to the intrinsic anisotropy of the hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structure, the deformation behavior of Mg alloys is significantly governed by individual grain deformation and multi-grain interactions, both dictated by crystallographic texture. In the current study, enhanced ductility was achieved in a Mg-Al-Zn-Mn dilute alloy by tailoring a strong basal texture into a transverse-direction-spread elliptical texture through the minor addition of yttrium (Y). Systematic quasi-in-situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and dislocation/disclination density analyses were performed to examine the microstructural evolution during deformation. We found that disclinations emerge from defect reactions, including dislocation-grain boundary (GB) and twin-GB interactions, which facilitate twinning plasticity and intergranular accommodation in the elliptical-textured alloy, resulting in improved work-hardening capacity and higher ductility (28.5% along the rolling direction and 32.2% along the transverse direction). By introducing disclination analysis to elucidate defect reactions, multi-grain interactions and the associated microstructure-property relationships in polycrystalline metals, our work provides new insights into the design of advanced Mg alloys with enhanced ductility and formability through crystallographic texture engineering.

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