TY - JOUR A1 - Garcés, G. A1 - Perez, P. A1 - Cabeza, Sandra A1 - Lin, H.K. A1 - Kim, S. A1 - Gan, W. A1 - Adeva, Paloma T1 - Reverse tension /compression asymmetry of a Mg–Y–Zn alloys N2 - Room temperature mechanical behavior of extruded Mg–Y–Zn alloys with varying fractions of LPSO phase was studied in tension and compression along the extrusion direction. The microstructure is characterized by elongated LPSO fibers along the extrusion direction within the magnesium matrix. Moreover, the magnesium matrix presents a bimodal grain structure with dynamically-recrystallized grains and deformed, elongated grains with the basal plane parallel to the extrusion direction. The beginning of plasticity depends on the volume fraction of deformed and DRX grains. Alloys with low volume fraction of LPSO phase(o10vol%),with a high volume fraction of deformed grains, show the typical behavior of extruded magnesium alloys where yield stress in tension is higher than in compression. This effect is, however, reversed as the volume fraction of the LPSO phase increases since DRX grains are majority. KW - plasticity KW - Magnesium alloy KW - LPSO PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.msea.2015.09.003 VL - 647 SP - 287 EP - 293 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands AN - OPUS4-36359 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -