Friction welding of various aluminum alloy pipes to SUS304 stainless steel pipe was carried out making clear weldability at dissimilar material pipe. A1050/SUS304, A5052/SUS304, A5056/SUS304, A6061/SUS304 and A6063/SUS304 joints showed good weldability and the maximum joint efficiencies of these joints in tensile test were about 91%, 71%, 60%, 79% and 97%, respectively. In these cases, the formation of Al
13Fe
4 intermetallic compound was induced by the interdiffusion through the weld interface. On the other hand, other joints had poor weldability. In the cases of A2011/SUS304, A2017/SUS304 and A2024/SUS304 joints, CuAl
2 and Al
7Cu
2Fe were observed on the friction surface, and the maximum joint efficiencies of these joints were about 26%, 39% and 32%, respectively. For the case of A7075/SUS304 joint, Al
23CuFe
4 was observed on the friction surface, and the maximum joint efficiency was about 37%.
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