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Title

Wetting and Reactivity of Active Metal Braze Alloys on Tungsten Carbide

Authors

Hayden Peck, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Alan Meier, Ph.D.Follow

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Description

Background

Tungsten carbide is useful because of its hardness and strength. Joining of dissimilar materials especially non-metallic materials is very challenging. Active metals such as titanium can be added to a ductile filler metals such as copper to get wetting via a reduction reaction.

Conclusions

All alloy conditions wet the tungsten carbide/cobalt substrates. Two different interfacial reaction types were observed: dissolution and reduction reactions. An important issue has been identified: the braze interface reactions change the chemistry of the braze alloy which change the interaction between the braze alloy and the other material substrate.

Publication Date

Summer 2014

Keywords

metal braze alloys, tungsten carbide

Disciplines

Metallurgy

Comments

• Dr. Alan Meier - Advisor
• Montana Tech SURF program - Funding
• Gary Wyss – Assistance with scanning electron microscope
• Ronda Coguill – Assistance with vacuum furnace
• Dr. William Gleason – Assistance with scanning electron microscopes and vacuum furnace

Recommended Citation

Peck, Hayden and Meier, Ph.D., Alan, "Wetting and Reactivity of Active Metal Braze Alloys on Tungsten Carbide" (2014). 2014 Undergraduate Research. 1.
https://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/urp_aug_2014/1

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