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Two types of three-layered Al/Mg/Al clad sheets were fabricated by hot rolling. The first (sheet A) underwent a single pass with a small rolling reduction of 33% and the second (sheet B) underwent four passes with a large rolling reduction of 71%, and both were subsequently annealed at 200 °C for 1 h. Microstructural examination and tensile tests on the fabricated sheets revealed that 17.8-μm-thick intermetallic compound layers (IMCLs) appeared at AZ31/5052 interfaces in sheet B while none were observed in sheet A. The AZ31 layers in sheets A and B exhibited basal textures with intensities of 15.1 and 9.8, respectively, and only sheet A exhibited tensile twins (TTs) in the AZ31 layer. Recrystallization resulting in grains was preferred near the AZ31/5052 interface and the intersections between TTs. Owing to its larger rolling reduction, more extensive recrystallization was observed in the sheet B component layers than in sheet A. Sheet B exhibited better mechanical properties with a much higher ultimate tensile strength (UTS) than sheet A (230 versus 102 MPa) and a slightly larger elongation (19 versus 17%).This indicates that texture intensities and the extent of recrystallization of component layers have a significant effect upon the mechanical properties of clad sheets.
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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51175363 and 51274149; Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (No. 2014-029); The Youth Science Foundation of Shanxi Province under Grant No. 2008021033; the Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No. 20111402110004.
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Nie, H., Liang, W., Zheng, L. et al. The Microstructure, Texture and Mechanical Properties of the Rolled Al/Mg/Al Clad Sheets. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 4695–4705 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2327-6
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