Abstract:
ER5356 aluminum alloy wire was welded on galvanized steel sheet by pulsed DE-GMAW process.The best weld morphology was obtained by adjusting the welding parameters.The results indicate that fusion-brazing between aluminum alloy and galvanized steel was achieved by pulsed DE-GMAW process.The microstructure of the interface in joint was observed and analyzed with SEM and EDS,and Fe
2Al
5 and FeAl
3 intermetallic compound layers formed in the interface.The Gibbs free energies of Fe
2Al
5 and FeAl
3 intermetallic compounds were calculated with Thermo-Calc software,and it was found that the Gibbs free energy of Fe
2Al
5 was smaller than that of FeAl
3 at high temperature,but the Gibbs free energy of FeAl
3 was smaller than that of Fe
2Al
5 at low temperature.The results show that Fe
2Al
5 intermetallic compound formed first during welding,and subsequently FeAl
3 intermetallic compound formed and precipitated upon cooling.