ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF ALUMINUM ALLOY WELDED JOINTS BETWEEN METAL INERT GAS WELDING AND TUNGSTEN INERT GAS WELDING

Lei Zhao, Yingchun Guan (), Qiang Wang, Baoqiang Cong and Bojin Qi
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Lei Zhao: Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
Yingchun Guan: Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, P. R. China;
Qiang Wang: Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
Baoqiang Cong: Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, P. R. China
Bojin Qi: Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, P. R. China

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2015, vol. 22, issue 06, 1-7

Abstract: Surface contamination usually occurs during welding processing and it affects the welds quality largely. However, the formation of such contaminants has seldom been studied. Effort was made to study the contaminants caused by metal inert gas (MIG) welding and tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding processes of aluminum alloy, respectively. SEM, FTIR and XPS analysis was carried out to investigate the microstructure as well as surface chemistry. These contaminants were found to be mainly consisting ofAl2O3,MgO, carbide and chromium complexes. The difference of contaminants between MIG and TIG welds was further examined. In addition, method to minimize these contaminants was proposed.

Keywords: Surface analysis; microstructure; MIG; TIG; aluminum alloy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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