Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 326, Issue -, Pages 181-186Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.11.136
Keywords
Laser welding; Aluminum alloy; Plasma; Shielding effect; Spectroscopy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51275186, 51475183, 51429501]
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To understand the laser-matter interaction in fiber laser welding of aluminum alloys, the effects of laser power on the characteristics of fiber laser induced plasma plume were studied by emission spectroscopic analysis firstly. The plasma characteristic parameters including electron temperature, electron density, ionization degree, and inverse bremsstrahlung linear absorption coefficient were computed according to the spectral data. It was found that the laser power of 5 kW is a turning point. After the laser power reaches 5 kW, the plume changes from a metal vapor dominated weakly ionized plasma to a strongly ionized plasma. The corresponding phenomena are the dramatic increase of the value of characteristic parameters and the appearance of strong plasma shielding effect. The calculation of effective laser power density demonstrated that the plasma shielding effect is dominated by inverse bremsstrahlung absorption. The finding suggested the plasma shielding effect must be considered in fiber laser welding of aluminum alloys, rather than is ignored as claimed in previous view. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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