Multilayered bimetallic composites produced by Asymmetric

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Anibal Mendes , Andrey Molotnikov , Rimma Lapovok
Accumulative
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Roll Bonding b
a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University; b Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University

Aims and Background Experimental Methods a) c) e)

Al 0.4 ARB 400oC
The present work is part of a major project called Innovative Design of Materials Processing conditions
Multicomponent Materials Using Severe Plastic Deformation Methods. a) FIB cross-sectioning;
IF Steel
Three innovative components of this project should be highlighted as Al or Cu Thickness (mm) b) Overview TEM lamella;
Temperature
fundamental research and will be a major scientific contribution to the AA 1050 Rolling c) BF TEM of the Al/Fe interface;
(oC) vol. Al or
fundamental knowledge, they are: OFHC Cu d) - f) HRTEM images of a b) d) f)
fraction Steel Cu Steel
Initial sample region at the Al/Fe interface.
Manipulation of the properties of multicomponent materials by changing
50% 0.2 2 1 2
the shape, length scale and geometrical pattern of their constituents; Steel 200
reduction
5mm Aluminium or Copper and
Understanding of the physical mechanisms of low temperature diffusion Steel
ARB and
400
0.4 1.5 5 1.5
bonding of dissimilar metals with simultaneous grain refinement under AARB
Rolling direction 0.6 1 3 3
severe plastic deformation;
Development of a model for constitutive behavior of multicomponent Processing Schedule fkjsadfkjahfsdjkfhjlhashdfahsdfkj
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component. The composite mechanical properties are being measured by
tensile testing and microhardness measurements. The microstructures of
the Al/Steel and Cu/Steel interfaces of the sheets are being analysed in
detail using TEM, SEM-FIB and APT techniques. Next steps
Microhardness measurements and tensile tests;
Questions we want to answer Complete the TEM observations and identification of
Are the mechanical properties and bonding quality improved by the
additional shear strain imparted by the AARB? the intermetallic phases formed;
Step by step followed during the processing by
What are the products of the interdifusion reactions? ARB and AARB
APT from the interface region of selected samples;
Does the additional shear strain increase the thickness of the t-EBSD to characterize the grain size distribution
interdifusion layer? Early results near the interface;
Needle like APT sample from a
Cu 0.6 ARB 400oC Cu 0.2 AARB 400oC FEM of the strain distribution the ARB and AARB. Al/Steel interface being prepared.
Preliminary conclusions
Al/IF Steel and Cu/ IF Steel multilayered composites can be produced References
by ARB and AARB at 200oC and 400oC. M.F. Ashby, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia (1991) 39:6, 1025-1039.
D, Yang, P Cizek, P. Hodgson, C. Wen, Scripta Materialia (2010) 62, 321-324.
Better bonding quality was found decreasing volume fractions of Al or H.P. Ng et al. Materials Science & Engineering A 576 (2013) 306315
Cu and using AARB. M. Eizadjou et al. Composites Science and Technology 68 (2008) 20032009

Processing at 400oC resulted in the formation of a interdifusion layer of Example of a low magnification visual inspection showing the layers of IF Acknowledgments

25nm thickness in a Al/Steel composite deformed by ARB. steel and Cu formed after the processing. Better bonding quality can be The authors acknowledge use of facilities within the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy. The author Anibal
Mendes thanks Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for financial
observed in the sample with volume fraction of 0.2 and processed via AARB. support.