Improvement of Laser Transmission Welding of Glass with Titanium Alloy by Laser Surface Treatment

• Main Authors: Pin Li, Xingwen Xu, Wensheng Tan, Huixia Liu, Xiao Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
• Series: Materials
• Subjects: laser transmission welding; laser surface treatment; titanium alloy; high borosilicate glass; surface free energy; elemental diffusion
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/10/2060

Laser surface treatment of the titanium alloy was locally oxidized on the metal surface to improve the joint strength of laser transmission welding of high borosilicate glass with titanium alloy. The results find that the welding strength was increased 5 times. The welding mechanism was investigated by the morphology of the welded parts, the tensile-fracture failure mode, the diffusion of the interface elements, and the surface free energy. The results show that there are many adherents between the titanium alloy and high borosilicate glass after tensile fracture, the welding strength was higher when the laser voltage was 460 V, and the tensile–fracture failure mode is mainly ductile fracture. Element-line scanning analysis revealed that elemental diffusion occurred in the two materials, which is an important reason for the high welding strength. Surface free-energy analysis shows that laser surface treatment improves the surface free energy of titanium alloy, promotes the wettability and compatibility, and increases the welding strength of titanium alloy with glass.