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The electrification of the traffic sector increases the importance of the joining of aluminum with copper. During the fusion welding of this joint, brittle intermetallic phases which exert a great influence on the load-bearing capability are developing. Until today, systematic investigations of the different, developing phases neither have been carried out nor has a direct correlation with the mechanical...