Effect of process parameters on microstructure and properties of laser welded joints of aluminum/steel with Ni/Cu interlayer

The effects of laser parameters and interlayer material on the microstructure and properties of the welded joint between 6061 aluminum alloy and stainless steel were studied.The results show that the density and microstructure of the welded joint can be optimized by changing the laser power with 0.05 mm Cu foil and 0.1 mm Ni foil as interlayer.A large number of new Cu-Al binary phases were found near the aluminum alloy,which effectively inhibited the formation of the binary brittle phase of Fe-Al.The maximum shear force of 1350.96 N was obtained with laser power of 2200 W.The shear force of the welded joint increased to 1754.73 N when the thickness of the Cu foil thickness changed to 0.02 mm.

Brazing of Ti_2 AlNb Based Alloy with Amorphous Ti-Cu-Zr-Ni Filler

Amorphous Ti-Cu-Zr-Ni filler foils with low melting point of 1 133 K were synthesized using a melt-spinning method in argon atmosphere. A Ti2A1Nb based alloy was brazed at 1 153-1 223 K for 600-3 000 s. The effects of brazing temperature （Tb） and time （tb） on the shear strength of the joints were investigated. The results showed that the joint strength was significantly affected by the reaction layer thickness. The optimum brazing parameters can be determined as follows： Tb=l 173 K, and tb=600 s. The maximum tensile strength of the joint obtained can reach 260 MPa. Furthermore, the activation energy Q and the growth velocity A0 of the reaction layer in the brazed joints were calculated to be 161.742 kJ/mol and 0.213 m2/s, respectively. The growth of the reaction layer （y） could be expressed by the expression： ya =0.213exp（-19 454/Tb）tb.

Achieving stable relaxor antiferroelectric P phase in NaNbO_(3)-based lead-free ceramics for energy-storage applications

Compared with antiferroelectric(AFE)orthothombic R phases,AFE orthothombic P phases in Na NbO_(3)(NN)ceramics have been rarely investigated,particularly in the field of energy-storage capadtors.The main bottlenedk is closely related to the contradiction between d fficultly achieved stable relaxor AFE P phase and easily induced P-R phase transition during modifying dhemical compositions.Herein,we reporta novel lead-free AFE ceramic of(1-x)NN-x(Bi_(0.5)K_(0.5))ZrO_(3)((1-x)NN-xBKZ)with a pure AFE P phase str ucture,which exhibits excellent energy-storage characteristics,such as an ultrahigh recoverable energy density(W_(rec))-4.4 J/cm^(3) at x=0.11,a large powder density P_(D)-104 MW/cm^(3) and a fast discharge rate t_(0.9)-45 ns.The analysis of polarization-field response,Raman spectrum and transmission elecron microscopy demonstrates that the giant amplification of W_(rec) by≥177% should be ma inly ascribed to the simultaneously and effectively enhanced AFE P phase stbility and its relaxor dharacteristics,resulting in a diffused reversible electric field-induced AFE P-ferroelectric phase transition with concurrently incre.ased driving electric fields.Different from mast(1-x)NN-xABO_(3) systems,it was found that the reduced polarizability of B-site cations dominates the enhanced AFE P-phase stability in(1-x)NN-xBKZ ceramics,but the almost unchanged tolerance factor tends to ause the AFE R phase to be induced at a relatively high x value.