Effects of Different Surface Treatment Processes on Bonding Properties of Aluminum Alloys under Full Temperature Field Environment

Abstract

Our aim was to study the influence of the surface treatment process on the mechanical properties of an adhesive. This study takes aluminum alloy 6061 as the substrate; carries out grinding, sandblasting, plasma, grinding + plasma, and sandblasting + plasma surface treatment processes; and chooses the ISR 7008 adhesive to make aluminum alloy butt joints, and the joints Connectors are in −40 °C, −20 °C, 0 °C, 40 °C, 60 °C, and 80 °C environments, respectively (1–3 days of a constant-temperature test). The results show that the plasma surface treatment process helps to improve the activity and hydrophilicity of the bonding surface; the plasma surface treatment process helps to improve the adhesive strength of the joints under the environment of −40 °C and 80 °C; and under the environment of −20–60 °C, the sandblasting + plasma surface treatment process helps to improve the adhesive strength of the joints. By analyzing the infrared spectra of the ISR 7008 adhesive, it was found that the contents of γN−H, νC−C, νC−N, and νC−O were higher in the interval from 25 °C to 80 °C than those in the interval from −40 °C to 0 °C, which resulted in the decrease in adhesive properties.

Keywords

• aluminum alloy substrates
• butt joint specimens
• surface treatment
• constant-temperature test
• mechanical properties