For heat exchanger applications, 2-ply clad materials were fabricated by rolling of aluminum (Al) and mild steel sheets. Effects of annealing temperature on interface properties, especially on inter-layer formation and softening of strain hardened mild-steel, for Al/mild steel clad materials, were investigated. To obtain optimum annealing conditions for the Al/mild steel clad materials, annealing temperature was varied from room temperature to 600˚C. At the annealing temperature about 450˚C, an inter-layer was formed in an island-shape at the interface of the Al/mild steel clad materials; this island expanded along the interface at higher temperature. By analyzing the X-ray diffraction (XRD) peaks and the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) results, it was determined that the exact chemical stoichiometry for the inter-layer was that of Fe2Al5. In some samples, an X-layer was formed between the Al and the inter-layer of Fe2Al5 at high annealing temperature of around 550˚C. The existence of an X-layer enhanced the growth of the inter-layer, which resulted in the delamination of the Al/mild-steel clad materials. Hardness tests were also performed to examine the influence of the annealing temperature on the cold deformability, which is a very important property for the deep drawing process of clad materials. The hardness value of mild steel gradually decreased with increasing annealing temperature. Especially, the value of hardness sharply decreased in the temperature range between 525˚C and 550˚C. From these results, we can conclude that the optimum annealing temperature is around 550˚C under condition of there being no X-layer creation.

초음파 분무 열분해법에 의해 합성된 Pb(Zr, Ti)O3미분말의 원료염의 종류에 따른 상과 모양의 변화에 대해 조사했다. 질산염, 초산염, 알콕사이드등의 조합으로 만들어진 원료용액으로부터 합성된 미분말은 약간의 PbTiO3를 포함하거나 포함하지 않는 Pb(Zr, Ti)O3, 상을 나타내었다. 구형 이차입자의 표면에서 발견되는 표면 기공은 질산염의 함량증가에 따라 증가되며, 그 생성은 질산염의 열분해 특성에 기인되는 것으로 해석된다. 본 연구에서 초음파 분무 열분해법으로 합성된 미분말의상, 모양등의 분말특성을 고려할 때, Pb의 원료로서는 acetate, Zr의 원료로서는 oxyacetate, Ti의 원료로서는 oxynitrate 혹은 (iso-propoxide +acetylacetonate)가 적합한 것으로 판단된다.