Thisstudywasconductedtodiscusstheeffectofrollingstrainonmicrostructureandtensilepropertiesofdual-phaseMg-8Li-3Al-2Zn-0.5Y(wt%)alloy,whichwaspreparedbycasting,andthenhomogenizedandrolledat200℃.Therollingprocesswasconductedwith10%reductionperpassandfivedifferentaccumulatedstrains,varyingfrom10%to70%.Theresultsindicatethattheas-castandas-rolledMg-8Li-3Al-2Zn-0.5Yalloysarecomposedofα-Mg,β-Li,AlLiandAl2Yphases.Afterrollingprocess,anisotropicmicrostructurewasobserved.a-Mgphasegotelongatedinbothrollingdirectionandtransversedirectionwiththeadditionofrollingstrain.Consequently,thestrengthofthealloyinbothdirectionswasnotablyimprovedwhereastheelongationdeclined,mainlycausedbystrainhardeninganddispersionstrengthening.Thetensilepropertiesoftheas-rolledalloysintheRD,nomattertheYS,UTSortheelongation,arehigherthanthoseoftheTDduetotheirlargerdeformationstrainandsignificantanisotropyinthehcpα-Mgphase.Inaddition,thefractureandstrengtheningmechanismofthetestedalloyswerealsoinvestigatedsystematically.
