The invention belongs to the technical field of
magnesium-
lithium alloys, and particularly relates to a
magnesium-
lithium alloy material and a preparation method thereof. The
magnesium-
lithium alloy material comprises the following components in percentage by
mass: Li, Al, Zn and the balance of Mg, the
composite material is prepared at
room temperature by adopting a multidirectional compression plastic deformation process. Under the condition that rare metals are not added, aluminum and
zinc elements have a synergistic effect with magnesium and lithium, and through subsequent room-temperature multidirectional compression plastic deformation process treatment, the strength of the
alloy is improved, and meanwhile, the
toughness is well maintained. The improvement of the
mechanical property of the magnesium-lithium alloy is based on
dislocation movement blocking, and
dislocation blocking in multi-directional compression mainly comes from a sliding band formed in a
grain boundary and a compression process. The larger the accumulative strain is, the more the dislocations needing to be started for deformation are, and the larger the blocking force is; the staggered moving directions of the multi-direction loading positions are more than those of single-direction loading starting, and the staggered moving directions are more easily hindered by the formed sliding belt. The larger the hindering force is, the more obvious the resistance to the external load is, namely the more obvious the increase of the strength and the
hardness is.