Effects of silver interlayer thickness on the microstructure and properties of electron beam welded joints of TC4 titanium and 4J29 Kovar alloys
Author:
Mo Defeng12, Yu Liquan3ORCID, Shi Xinmin12, Zhao Tong12ORCID, Li Xue12, Zeng Zhijiang12, Gong Haimei12
Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083 , China 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China 3. Wuxi Zhongke Dexin Sensing Technology Co. , Ltd. , Wuxi , Jiangsu , China
Abstract
Abstract
Electron beam welding of TC4 titanium alloy and 4J29 Kovar alloy was performed by using different thicknesses of silver interlayers. The microstructure and the composition of welded joints were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and energy-dipersive spectrometry. The mechanical properties of welded joints were evaluated by tensile strength tests. The results indicated that Ag thickness has great effects on the weld appearance, microstructure, and mechanical properties of electron beam-welded joints. In case of 0.3 and 0.4 mm thickness of Ag interlayers, a considerable part of 4J29 and TC4 melts and a large amount of Fe, Ti, and Ni elements diffuse into the molten pool forming intermetallic compounds (IMCs) such as TiFe2, NiTi, and FeTi. In case of 0.6 mm thickness of Ag interlayer, the welded joint exhibits brazing characteristics with little IMCs near the fusion line of 4J29 Kovar alloy side. When the thickness of the Ag interlayer increases to 0.8 mm, the diffusion of Ti and Fe elements is completely inhibited by Ag. As the thickness of the Ag interlayer increases from 0.3 to 0.8 mm, the tensile strength of the welded sample shows a phenomenon that first rises and then falls, and the largest tensile strength is 243 MPa.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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