The invention relates to a
magnesium / steel layered
composite material and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of
metal layered composite materials. The
magnesium / steel layered
composite material of the present invention is formed by interfacial metallurgical bonding of
magnesium material and steel material, without an intermediate layer between the magnesium material and the steelmaterial, and is prepared by the steps of mechanical
grinding surface treatment, alternating lamination and combination to form composite blanks, wrapping the composite blanks with
metal sleeve and performing vacuum treatment, heating, hot rolling,
diffusion heat treatment after removing the
metal sleeve, and the like. The invention has the advantages that the magnesium / steel layered
composite material has both excellent mechanical properties and vibration damping properties, can be used at the
working temperature of 200-600 DEG C for a long time without
solid solution or
intermetallic compound at that interface between magnesium and steel, the
interfacial bonding strength is stable or even gradually increased in the
working temperature range, and the magnesium / steel layered composite billet need not be heated in vacuum or
inert gas
atmosphere, so the operation is convenient, the requirement for equipment is low, the price of required equipment is cheap, and the production cost is low, so the composite billet has universal popularization and application value.