High-Temperature Brazing with Filler Metals

Dear Colleagues,

High-temperature brazing (HTB) can produce high-quality joints with qualities such as high strength, a high remelting temperature or a high servicing temperature in many different industries. Especially for metals with poor weldability, advanced ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon matrix composites (Cf/Cs) or dissimilar materials, HTB is the preferred process. Even for general high-strength low-alloy steels, stainless steel, heat-resistant superalloys, corrosion resistant nickel-based alloys, which serve at high temperatures or at room temperature but for heavy loads, HTB is a precise and effective joining method in some cases. In HTB, many factors, including the composition design of the braze or interlayer, process parameters, jig design, workpiece sizes and restraint conditions, affect the wettability, interfacial phase, joint microstructure, residual stress and joint properties.

For this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on HTB method improvement as well as new braze and buffer layer design routes. Articles that focus on the characterization and analysis of wetting behavior, interfacial microstructure evolution, inhibition of intermetallic compounds and thermal stress are also welcome for submission.

Prof. Dr. Guifeng Zhang
Guest Editor

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• high-temperature brazing

• transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding
• heat-resistant superalloy
• braze
• buffer layer
• corrosion resistant nickel-based alloy
• ceramic
• ceramic matrix composite (CMC)
• carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite (Cf/C)
• dissimilar materials
• stress relief