Abstract
Long period stacking ordered(LPSO)structures are an effective strengthening phase in Mg alloys.How-ever,the coarse LPSO phases in as-cast alloys are very difficult to refine,and they dramatically reduce the strengthening effect.In the present study,friction stir processing(FSP)was employed to refine the structure of an Mg-12.8Y-4.7Zn(wt%)alloy with a very high content of coarse LPSO phases.An opti-mized FSP regime refined the coarse LPSO phases into densely ultrafine blocks with an average width of~200 nm and an average length of~1 μm.An ultrahigh yield strength of~800 MPa was achieved under compression of the FSP region.Theoretical calculations indicated that the strengthening by the densely ultrafine LPSO phases was up to approximately 630 MPa.