The Clad Plate's Sweet Spot

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Episode 170 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. Cast-rolled Cu-Al clad plates: bond strength rose then collapsed with annealing temperature — CuAl2 at 250–300 °C helped, Cu9Al4 at 300–400 °C thickened the interface 1→11 µm while peel strength fell 42→12 N/mm and fracture turned brittle. Optimum 300 °C/3 h. 8-author record incl. Volinsky used; Crossref lists 7. Based on the paper: Effects of Annealing Temperature on Microstructure and Bond Strength of Cast-rolling Cu-Al Clad Plates; Z. Liu, W. Wang, Y. Huang, J. Liu, J. Xie, L. Guo, M. Zhang, A.A. Volinsky; Materials Research Express, 2019, Vol. 6(8), article 086556. Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.

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