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Interface structures and mechanical properties of corrugated + flat rolled and traditional rolled Mg/Al clad plates

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The corrugated + flat rolling (CFR) and traditional rolling (TR) methods were used to prepare Mg/Al clad plates using AZ31B Mg and 5052 Al plates, and the interface morphologies and mechanical properties of the resulting clad plates were compared. Examination of the microstructures of the plates showed that the TRed Mg/Al clad plate presented a straight interface, while a corrugated interface containing fractured intermetallic particulates was observed for the CFRed plate due to the inhomogeneous strain induced by the corrugated roller. During the CFR process, the corrugated roller can accelerate the rupture of the substrate work-hardening layers and facilitate the mutual extrusion of fresh metals to enhance the interface bonding. Compared with the traditional basal texture of the Mg alloy, the CFR process can change the texture morphology, thereby enhancing the plastic deformation ability of the Mg plate. Tensile tests showed that the CFRed Mg/Al clad plate exhibited a higher ultimate tensile strength (UTS, 316 MPa), which was ~ 8% higher than that of the TRed plate (293 MPa). In addition, the bending curve of the CFRed clad plate was smooth and there was no stress sudden drop phenomenon in the bending process. The higher UTS and excellent bending properties of the CFRed clad plate could be attributed to the enhanced coordinated deformation ability of the substrates induced by the corrugated interface, grain refinement, and the change in the Mg alloy texture morphology.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U1710254, 51904205, 51904206), Science and Technology Foundation of State Key laboratory (No. 6142909180205), Taiyuan City Science and Technology Major Projects (No. 170203), Shanxi Province Science and Technology Major Projects (Nos. MC2016-01, 20181101008), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (Nos. 201801D221221, 201801D221130 and 201801D221346), Key Projects of Shanxi Province Key Research and Development Plan (No. 201703D111003) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. 2018M641680, 2018M641681).

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  1. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Sha Li, Chao Luo, Muhammad-Umar Bashir, Yi Jia, Jian-Chao Han & Tao Wang

  2. Engineering Research Center of Advanced Metal Composites Forming Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Sha Li, Chao Luo, Muhammad-Umar Bashir, Yi Jia, Jian-Chao Han & Tao Wang

  3. TYUT-UOW Joint Research Center, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Sha Li, Chao Luo, Muhammad-Umar Bashir, Yi Jia, Jian-Chao Han & Tao Wang

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Li, S., Luo, C., Bashir, MU. et al. Interface structures and mechanical properties of corrugated + flat rolled and traditional rolled Mg/Al clad plates. Rare Met. 40, 2947–2955 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-020-01646-4

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