Author Affiliations
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha , Hunan 410082, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of steel/Al laser welding
Fig. 2. Macroscopic morphology of steel/Al weld surface. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 3. Microstructures of steel/Al joint. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 4. Elements distributions of steel/Al joint. (a) Al distribution without Ti powder; (b) Al distribution with Ti powder; (c) Ti distribution with Ti powder
Fig. 5. Grain size and distribution in weld zone of steel/Al joint. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 6. Element characteristic spectral line. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 7. Elements characteristics spectral lines in the band of 370‒410 nm. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 8. Spectral line fitting results with and without Ti powder
Fig. 9. Fracture positions of shear specimen of steel/Al joint. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 10. Fracture morphologies of shear specimen of steel/Al joint. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Fig. 11. EDS analysis of different positions of steel/Al joint. (a) (d) Scanning positions with and without Ti powder; (b) (e) scanning line Ⅰ; (c) (f) scanning line Ⅱ
Fig. 12. SEM images of interface layer of steel/Al joint. (a) (c) Without powder; (b) enlarged view of area Q1; (d) enlarged view of area Q2
Fig. 13. XRD spectra of steel/Al joint. (a) Without Ti powder; (b) with Ti powder
Zone | Molar concentration /% | Phase |
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Fe | Al | Ti |
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C1 | 84.47 | 15.38 | - | Unknown | D1 | 34.16 | 65.71 | - | Fe2Al5 | E1 | 14.39 | 85.31 | - | FeAl3 | F1 | 97.45 | 2.55 | - | Fe-rich | A2 | 57.20 | 42.61 | 0.19 | FeAl | B2 | 35.23 | 64.46 | 0.31 | Fe2Al5 | C2 | 29.91 | 69.84 | 0.25 | Fe2Al5 | D2 | 0.77 | 98.93 | 0.30 | Fe2Ti, Al-rich |
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Table 1. EDS analysis of different areas of steel/Al joint