The invention relates to a method for preparing an icosahedral quasicrystalline phase and long-period stacking ordered structure combined reinforced Mg-Zn-
Y alloy. The
alloy prepared by the method contains the chemical elements in percentage by
mass: 10wt% of Zn and Y and the balance of Mg, wherein Zn is added in the form of pure Zn, Y is added in the form of Mg-25wt%Y intermediate
alloy, and Mg is industrial pure
magnesium. According to the method,
alloy structures, obtained after
magnesium alloy is subjected to
smelting,
metal type molding and
solid solution and grading aging treatment, are an alpha-Mg
solid solution, an icosahedral quasicrystalline phase and a long-period stacking ordered structure phase; a quasi-
crystal, which is formed through dispersion
precipitation, depends on strong pinning on
dislocation and forms a firm interface with a matrix, so that the
magnesium alloy can be remarkably reinforced; a long-period structure and a matrix interface are in coherency, so that the
thermal stability is very high, the coarsening is not easy, the
dislocation motion and the extension of deformation twin crystals can be remarkably hindered, the mechanical properties of the alloy are improved obviously, the tensile strength can reach 352MPa to the maximum, and the elongation percentage can reach 7.5%. The method is beneficial to the promotion of the extensive application of high-strength
magnesium alloy in many fields, such as automobiles,
aviation and
electronic communication.