Microstructure and Texture Evolution of Mg-Gd-Y-Zn-Zr Alloy by Compression-Torsion Deformation

Ping Xu1, Jianmin Yu2, Zhimin Zhang1

  • 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China.

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