Effect of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Roll-Bonded Al3003/STS439 Hybrid Plate
In this study, roll-bonded Al/STS clad was heat-treated at various temperature (200-600 °C) for 1hour and then their mechanical performance and interfacial structure was studied. To estimate the mechanical properties of heat-treated clad materials at various temperatures, the tension tests were performed. For Al/STS clad heat-treated from 200 °C to 500 °C, no interfacial reaction layer was observed. Brittle intermetallic layer was observed between Al and STS, which induced the interface crack due to the large mismatch of the thermal expansion coefficient between two metal plates. XRD peaks from the interface region indicate the presence of Al2Fe, Al5Fe and Al13Cr2 in addition to Fe, Cr, Al and Mn. The UTS of Al/STS sheet was observed to follow the rule of mixture. One noticeable observation from stress-strain responses is that the fracture strain of Al/STS clad sheet increased markedly more than that of Al clad sheet by the increasing heat treatment temperature.