Preparation, interfacial regulation and strengthening of Mg/Al bimetal fabricated by compound casting: A review

作     者：Guangyu Li Wenming Jiang Feng Guan Zheng Zhang Junlong Wang Yang Yu Zitian Fan 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die&Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan 430074China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Magnesium and Alloys》 (镁合金学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第11卷第9期

页      面：3059-3098页

核心收录：

学科分类：080503[工学-材料加工工程] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0802[工学-机械工程] 080201[工学-机械制造及其自动化] 

基　　金：the supports provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.52271102,52075198 and 52205359) the China Post-doctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.2021M691112) the Analytical and Testing Center,HUST 

主　　题：Mg/Al bimetal Preparation Compound casting Interfacial regulation Interface strengthening Research progress 

摘      要：Mg/Al bimetal combines the advantages of both aluminum and magnesium and has broad application prospects in automotive, aerospace,weapons, digital products and so on. The compound casting has the characteristics of low cost, easy to achieve metallurgical combination and suitable for the preparation of complex bimetallic parts. However, bimetallic joint strength is low due to differences of physical properties between Al and Mg, oxide film on metallic surface and interfacial Al-Mg IMCs, which is closely related to the interfacial microstructure and properties. Therefore, how to control the interface of the bimetal to achieve performance enhancement is the focus and difficulty in this field. At present, there are mainly the following strengthening methods. First, the “zincate galvanizing and “electrolytic polishing+anodic oxidation technology were exert on the surface of Al alloy to remove and break the oxide film, which improved the wettability between Al and Mg. Second, the undesirable Al-Mg IMCs were reduce or elimination by adding the interlayers(Zn, Ni and Ni-Cu). Thirdly, the evolution process of interfacial microstructure was changed and fine strengthening phases were formed by adding Si element to Al alloy or rare earth element to Mg alloy. Fourthly, mechanical vibration and ultrasonic vibration were applied in the process of the filling and solidification to refine and homogenize the interfacial structure. Finally, some other methods, including secondary rolling, thermal modification, heat treatment and constructing exterior 3D morphology, also can be used to regulate the interfacial microstructure and compositions. The above strengthening methods can be used alone or in combination to achieve bimetallic strengthening. Finally, the future development direction of the Mg/Al bimetal is prospected, which provides some new ideas for the development and application of the Mg/Al bimetal.