“…It is evident that the IMCs present at the top of the first-pass weld of DS-FSW are significantly thicker than those in C-FSW. The thickness of IMCs is influenced by multiple factors, and can be mathematically expressed through the formula [25,26], where δ is the IMCs thickness, K0 is the pre-exponential factor, t is the processing time, Q is the effective activation energy, R is the universal gas constant, T is the temperature. As the tool rotation and moving speeds are the same for both welding processes, the influence of processing time is disregarded.…”