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Effect of pre-consolidated interlayer on the interfacial evolution and mechanical properties of thermo-compensated resistance brazing welded Al/steel joints

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Interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties of Al/steel joints with a certain area obtained by resistance seam-assisted thermo-compensated resistance brazing welding, including the pre-consolidation by RSW and the subsequent RBW, with different interlayers were investigated. The results indicated that due to the high melting point of Ni interlayer, the effective connection Al/steel weld was a failure by the single RBW with Ni interlayer or “Ni + Zn” composite interlayers. The pre-metallurgical bonding between interlayer and steel by traditional RSW could obtain a complete Al/steel weld by subsequent RBW. The Al/Ni + Zn/steel joints were obtained successfully and the interfacial structure of the final joints was transformed into as follows: Al alloy, reaction zone, Ni interlayer, and 304ss due to the addition of Zn foil with a low melting point. The main components of the reaction area were Al(s.s) and Al-Ni IMCs. Few Zn element was found at the interface due to the pre-consolidation. The joint performance of the final Al/Ni + Zn/steel joints was the highest and reached 2202.3 N, which was 3.77 times higher than that of the original joint.

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The authors appreciate the funding received from Industrial Innovation Major Technology Global Unveiling Project of Jining City (2022JBZP004) and the new and old kinetic energy conversion major industrial research projects in Shandong Province in 2021 for enabling this work.

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The work was financially supported by Industrial Innovation Major Technology Global Unveiling Project of Jining City (2022JBZP004) and the new and old kinetic energy conversion major industrial research projects in Shandong Province in 2021.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Jiang Yu, Guo Yu, Fuchen Ge & Hongtao Zhang

  2. Institute for Shipwelding Technology, Shandong Institute of Shipbuilding Technology, Weihai, 264209, China

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  3. Shandong Classic Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd, Jining, 272000, China

    Zhaofang Su & Jianguo Gao

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Jiang Yu: writing—original draft, data curation; Guo Yu: writing—review and editing, conceptualization; Fuchen Ge: data curation, methodology; Hongtao Zhang: funding acquisition, investigation; Zhaofang Su: resource, conceptualization; Jianguo Gao: material preparation, investigation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yu, J., Yu, G., Ge, F. et al. Effect of pre-consolidated interlayer on the interfacial evolution and mechanical properties of thermo-compensated resistance brazing welded Al/steel joints. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 125, 2121–2132 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10828-0

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