Metallurgical and Corrosion Properties of Explosively Welded Ti6A14V/Low Carbon Steel Clad

Titanium alloy (Ti6AI4V) and low carbon steel (LCS) were joined by explosive welding method using different ratios ofexplosive. Some metallurgical properties of joined samples were investigated. Joined samples were examined by meansof optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and tensile-shearing tests. Bending, tensile, hardnessand corrosion behaviour of the samples were investigated. Separation was not occurred on the joining interface aftertensile-shearing and bending tests. It is seen that hardness of both plates were increased with increasing explosive.It is found that increasing explosive ratio leads to an increase in corrosion. It is also found that corrosion rate washigh at the beginning of the experiment but the rate of the corrosion decreased subsequently during the experiment.