The invention provides a high-damping Mg-Zn-Ni-
Y alloy and a preparation process thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
magnesium alloys and preparation thereof. The
alloy comprises the following elements in percentage by
mass: 1.28-3.5wt% of Zn, 1.16-3.2wt% of Ni, 4.68-12.8wt% of Y, and the balance of
magnesium and inevitable impurities; and the
microstructure morphology characteristics are as follows: a main phase consists of a
magnesium phase and a long period phase; and a
grain boundary is a parallel long period phase. The
alloy is a two-phase
alloy mainly consisting of the magnesium phase and the long period phase, wherein the long period phase is an effective reinforcing phase in the
magnesium alloy, and facilitates the damping performance of the alloy. The alloy is simple in process, high in transportability, easy to operate, lower in cost and energy-saved; and through control of the alloy components and a heat treatment process, the LPSO
phase morphology and
solid solution atoms of the alloy are controlled, so that the damping performance of the alloy can be greatly improved, the strength of the alloy is guaranteed, and the balance optimization of damping and
mechanics of the
magnesium alloy is realized.