Morphology-free processing of magnesium alloys

To establish the solid-state recycling technology of remarkably inflammable magnesium alloys, Bulk Mechanical Alloying (BMA) process based on the cycl ic plastic deformation has been applied to demonstration experiment. Even s tarting from large machined chips of AZ91D alloys as starting materials, mi crostructures of original AZ91D can be refined in the solid state via BMA. Much lower energy consumption is necessary for this solid state recycling c ompared to the conventional casting process. BMA is one of the suitable rec ycling technologies to be morphology-free from starting materials.