RT Journal Article T1 Laser welding of AA5083 samples by a High Power Diode Laser A1 Sánchez-Amaya, José Maria A1 Delgado-Pérez, Tomás A1 De Damborenea, Juan A1 López, Veronica A1 Botana, F.J. K1 Uniones soldadas K1 Fusión con láser AB Laser welding is a very attractive technique to join different alloys at the industrial level, since its low heat input, high flexibility, high weld quality and high production rate. In this work, the weldability of the aluminium alloy AA5083 with a High Power Diode Laser has been tested. Concisely, samples were subjected to lineal treatments of laser radiation, with the objective of studying the properties of the beadon-plate welds generated. The main objective of the present work has been to study the influence of both the processing rate and the superficial treatment of the AA5083 samples, on the morphological, microstructural and corrosion properties of the laser weld beads. The sizes of the welds were higher as the processing rate was decreased. It was also verified that the application of a black layer before processing gave to beads with higher size but worse corrosion resistance than the blasting process. PB SAGE YR 2009 FD 2009 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45598 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45598 LA eng NO Sánchez-Amaya JM, Delgado T, De Damborenea JJ, Lopez V, Botana FJ. Laser welding of AA 5083 samples by high power diode laser. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining. 2009;14(1):78-86. doi:10.1179/136217108X347629 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 4 mar 2026