The effect of temperature on interface microstructure and shear strength of 1420 A1-Li alloy and 7B04 A1 alloy composite plates prepared by diffusion bonding were investigated. The results indicate the optimum temperature for bonding the composite plates is 520℃, a sound bonding interface without continuous intermetallic compound layers and interfacial voids is obtained, and the shear strength value of bond joints can be as high as 190 MPa. An interfacial transition zone is formed due to the alloying elements mutual diffusion during the bonding process. Meanwhile, the effect of temperature on diffusion of alloying elements and interface reaction were discussed in detail, the results show that the higher temperature can increase the diffusion of alloying elements fluxes across the bonding interface, which can accelerate the closure of interfacial voids; meanwhile, when Mg atoms diffuse across the bonding interface, it can react with and break up the surface oxide films into discrete particles, and the removal of interface oxides increases the metal to metal bond areas and improves the bond quality.
Three-pass friction stir processing(FSP)with different moving distances of the stirring tool between the two successivepasses,50%diameter of the pin(traditional way)and50%diameter of the shoulder(novel way),was conducted on7B04-O Al alloy.The result shows that an improvement in the mechanical properties of the processed zone is accomplished due to grain and secondphase particles refinement.The hardness of the multi-pass FSP(M-FSP)sample is about HV40higher than that of the base metal.And the tensile strength of the M-FSP specimens is also significantly increased to about1.4times that of the base metal.Besides,theweak region of the processed zone is mainly dependent on the moving distance,where it is the previous pass stir zone in thetraditional way and the transitional zone in the novel way.Increasing the rotational speed narrows the weak region in the novel way,while it does not in the traditional way.
