Microstructure analysis of a bronze–steel electron beam weld

摘要

An electron beam welded joint of bronze and steel has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The phases and the resulting microstructure in the different zones of the joint have been characterised in detail and compared to hardness. The fine grained microstructure of the weld zone is partly dominated by the directed solidification of the melt. It mainly consists of the α-copper solid solution phase, the intermetallic δ phase Cu31