Effect of Rolling Parameters on Room-Temperature Stretch Formability of Mg–2Zn–0.5Ca Alloy

In this work, Mg–2Zn–0.5Ca (wt.%) alloy sheets fabricated according to various rolling parameters were evaluated to investigate the effect of rolling parameters on room-temperature stretch formability. The sheet rolled at 360 °C with a pass rolling reduction of 10~33% exhibited the worst I.E. value of 4.4 mm, while the sheet rolled at 360 °C with a pass rolling reduction of 20~50% exhibited the best index Erichsen (I.E.) value of 5.9 mm. Among the sheets, the (0002) basal texture intensity was the weakest, and the grain basal poles split away from the normal direction toward both the rolling direction and the transverse direction. Microstructural and deformation mechanism measurements of stretch forming to 2 mm for the sheet rolled at 360 °C with a pass rolling reduction of 20~50% by electron backscatter diffraction and in-grain misorientation axes showed that there was a higher activity of {10–12} extension twins and that a prismatic <a> slip was initiated. As a result, the weakening of the texture and the broader distribution of basal poles in the plane contributed to the improved formability of the sheet rolled at 360 °C with a pass rolling reduction of 20~50%.