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Effect of annealing temperature and time on the microstructure, mechanical properties and conductivity of cold-rolled explosive Cu/Al composite sheets

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The 1.5 mm thick Cu/Al composite sheet was obtained after explosive-welding and 6 passes cold rolling. The effects of annealing temperature and time on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and conductivity of cold-rolled Cu/Al composite sheets were investigated. The results show that the thickness of the interface diffusion layer with compounds of Al 2 Cu, AlCu, and Al 4 Cu 9 increases with the increase in annealing temperature and holding time, and the total activation energy is 108 kJ mol −1 . The tensile strength of composite sheets decreases and the fracture elongation increases with the increase of annealing temperature. Especially when the annealing temperature increased from 300 ℃ to 350 ℃, the tensile yield strength decreased from 225 MPa to 77 MPa, and the elongation increased from 16% to 37.5%. The tensile-shear strength of composite sheets reaches to 117 MPa after annealing at 400 ℃ for 2 h. The conductivity of composite sheet is greatly affected by the annealing time. At the annealing temperature of 350 ℃ and time of 4 h, the composite sheets show a better conductivity of 96.4% IACS.

Source: Materials Research Express

DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/abbba9