Comparison of annealing on microstructure and anisotropy of magnesium alloy AZ31 sheets processed by three different routes

•Investigated the influence of different processing routes on the mechanical anisotropy.•Compared the effect of annealing on mechanical anisotropy of AZ31 sheets produced by three routes.•Annealing treatment could decrease the mechanical anisotropy of the three samples. Cold rolling and annealing tr...

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