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In this study, we conducted the diffusion bonding of Mg and Al alloys using a 30-μm-thick pure silver foil interlayer at median temperatures between 390 and 490 °C. We obtained a multilayered structure across the Mg–Ag–Al joint: Mg/Mg(ss, Ag)/Mg3Ag/MgAg/Ag/Ag(ss, Al)/Ag2Al/Al. The silver diffusion barrier prevented the formation of brittle intermetallics between Mg and Al. Intermetallics identified at the joint interface include the more ductile types between Mg and Ag, ε-Mg3Ag and β′-MgAg, and Ag and Al, δ-Ag2Al. As the bonding temperature increased, Ag2Al, followed by MgAg, favored the growth of Mg3Ag IMC layer. The shear strength of the joints increased with the rising bonding temperature to a maximum value of 11.8 MPa at 470 °C. Fracture failure in the joints mainly occurred in the Ag2Al layer. The formation mechanism for interfacial layers in the joints is believed to consist of four stages: (1) solid-solution formation, (2) Mg–Ag IMC formation, (3) Ag–Al IMC formation, and (4) growth of Mg–Ag and Ag–Al IMCs.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 51202175), the 111 Project (B13035) of China, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT: 2013-II-024), State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing (Wuhan University of Technology, Grant No: 2014-KF-7) and China Scholarship Council.
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Wang, Y., Luo, G., Li, L. et al. Formation of intermetallic compounds in Mg–Ag–Al joints during diffusion bonding. J Mater Sci 49, 7298–7308 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8440-8
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