United States Patent [19] [111 3,903,585 Kosteruk Et Al
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United States Patent [19] [111 3,903,585 Kosteruk et al. [45] Sept. 9, 1975 [54] METHOD OF BRAZING 2.9791313 4/l96l Steinberg ....................... .. 29/504 X [761 ‘""emors: vakmi" pe‘mvkh Kosm'uki “msa 520918063 44 [3119231 19 gdulerifeurreta] e . .al. ........v . e . ...t 23:28: i M- Krlvonosa, 19» kv- 5;_Mikhail 3,442,006 5/l969 Grucket et a1...‘ 29/4711 x Savvich Kovalchenko. ulltsa 3,594,895 7/1971 Hill ....................... .. 29/504 x Kapitanovskaya, l0, kv. 20, both of 3,736,648 6/1973 Spielberg ......................... t. 29/4731 Kiev, U.S.S.R. [22] Filed: Ann 27, 1972 Primary Examiner—Francis S. Husar Assistant Examiner—Ronald J. Shore [2]] APPL N03 248,295 Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Waters, Schwartz & Nissen Related U.S. Application Data [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 875,503, Nov. l0, i969, [57] ABSTRACT abandoned‘ lnfusible metal alloys are employed both as a parts I ‘ material and as a brazing spelter for the connection of [52] U.S. Cl. ...... .... .. 75/134 V, 2222880122623, various parts and componems made of materialsrbascd [5 H I ‘ C‘ ‘ 823k suoz upon infusible metals and compounds, ceramics. [58 F’: ‘Id """" 473 1 graphite and the like. The alloys are based upon haf ] e o arc "" " ' ‘29/4729’ 477i 7’ nium to which is added some elements selected from ‘ ' ' the subgroup B of the ?rst group of the periodic sys tem and some elements featuring melting points lying [56] References Cited above 600°C and selected from the third to eighth UNITED STATES PATENTS groups of the periodic system. 2,739,375 3/l956 Coxe ............................ .t 29/473.l X 2,857,663 |0/19ss Beggs .............................. .. 29/504 x 5 Clainw N0 Drawings 3,903,585 1 2 METHOD OF BRAZING nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide and many others, This application is a continuation application of ap are not solderable with the use of available conven plication Ser. No. 875,503, ?led Nov. 10, i969 now tional brazing spelters. abandoned. Even in cases where the brazing of high-melting ma The present invention relates to infusible metal alloys terials is rendered practicable, e.g. when connecting employed as a material for various parts and compo graphite with high-melting metals by using a spelter nents and as a brazing spelter to connect various parts with a melting point between lOOO° to l500°C, each made of materials based on high-melting metals and particular brazing spelter possesses its own melting metal alloys, ceramics, graphite and the like. point which is a strictly ?xed constant value. Thus, Use of the herein-disclosed alloy as a brazing spelter brazing of graphite proceeds at a temperature of from may be made in chemical and electrochemical indus l200° to l300°C, each of the spelters being applicable tries for the connection of parts designed to operate in for only a certain range of materials. For instance, a zir corrodents; in electricsal~engineering, nuclear, aircraft conium-based spelter is applicable to the brazing of a and process industries for reinforcing critical and de?nite pair of materials, say, zirconium and poorly heavy-wear components parts and elements. fusible glass. Known inthe present state of the art are brazing al Additionally, a majority of hitherto-known brazing loys containing mostly silver and copper, bronze, plati compounds have a melting point lying not above lOOO° num and employed for soldereing or brazing such wide to l300°C, this being due to these incorporating rela ly-used construction materials, mostly metallic, as vari— tively low-melting substances. On this account, the ous grades of steel and metal alloys. 20 pressure of the vapors of some brazing compounds at However, gaining an ever-growing application at highly elevated temperatures (of the order of lOOO°C) present are materials based upon high melting-point ranges within ID’3 to H)‘4 mm Hg. Therefore, the ap compounds such as carbides, borides, nitrides and sili plication of the above-mentioned brazing spelters to cides, possessing special physico-chemical properties. high-vacuum engineering sometimes proves to be im From these materials are usually made critical parts of 25 practicable. ' various machines designed to operate under heavy con It is an object of the present invention to eliminate ditions such as blades of gas turbines therefore a neces the disadvantages discussed above. sity arises for such parts to be mechanically fastened to It is another object of the present invention to pro other parts made from conventional structural materi vide an alloy that is applicable as a material for making als, i.e., from various grades of steel and metal alloys. 30 various parts and components and as a brazing com Additionally, the above reason necessitates the provi pound for connecting various parts and components, sion of both electrical and thermal contacts between which alloy is capable of connecting a wide variety of both types of parts mentioned above. diverse materials based upon infusible compounds both ln current use are a plurality of soldering or brazing with one another and with other infusible metals, ce spelters enabling a partial solving of that problem as far ramics, graphite and like materials and the various as parts made of graphite, titanium, zirconium, tung physico-chemical properties of which can be regulated sten, niobium and their alloys are concerned. Thus, to insure the best working capacity of the material of when soldering thorium~tungsten wire to molybdenum the brazed connection under given conditions. parts in manufacturing cathode-ray tubes, use is made Said object is accomplished due to the face that the of platinum and its alloys with silver and gold as a braz 40 herein-disclosed alloy, according to the invention, is ing compound, the melting point of the latter falling be based upon hafnium to which is added some elements tween l400° and l8()0°C. selected from the subgroup B of the Ist group of the pe There are also known brazing compounds based riodic system within 2 and 30 percent of the total upon zirconium alloyed with vanadium, tungsten, tita weight of the alloy, said elements being taken either nium, beryllium and niobium additives, said com 45 separately or in various combinations with one another pounds being used for braze—jointing zirconium parts within the afore-stated weight percentage, and to which with poorly fusible glasses. the melting point of the is added also some elements selected from the lllrd to compounds lying between l050° and [300°C Vlllth groups of the periodic system, having a melting Palladium-based brazing spelters have a melting point lying above 600°C and taken either separately or point ranging between [000° and l500°C and are uti 50 in various combinations with one another within 2 to lized for braze-eonnection parts and components made 2l percent of the total weight of the alloy. of molybdenum, tungsten, zirconium and some heat The achieving of the above object has made it possi resistant alloys intended to operate under extra-high ble to provide an alloy that is in fact a highly versatile temperature conditions. brazing spelter capable of the connection of compo To provide a brazed-connection of graphite compo 55 nents made of the most diverse high-melting materials, nents with those made of titanium and zirconium and having a melting point regulatable within a wide tem their alloys, use is made currently of suspensions con perature range and possessing the most diverse physi stituted by ?nely comminuted powdery zirconium, tita co-chemical properties. nium, molybdenum or their alloys, and by gasoline~dis Hafnium, which is the base metal of the herein solved polystyrene. The speci?ed brazing conditions 60 proposed alloy, imparts a high adhesive property to the are as follows: melting point between l200° 'and latter with respect to infusible materials, as well as in l300°C, rarefaction l()"‘ to l0“5 mm Hg. To obtain sures a high melting point. high-quality brazed connections of graphitic compo Additives of the elements of the subgroup B of the lst nents with those made of molybdenum, zirconium, tita group of the periodic system taken in a quantity of from nium and niobium. use is made of brazing spelters con 65 2 to 30 weight percent contribute to the regulation of taining Au, Ni, Ti and Mo. the melting point of the herein-disclosed alloy within However, many of the materials based upon high the required limits, whereas some additives of the ele melting compounds such as boron carbonitride, boron ments selected from the lllrd to Vlllth groups of the pe~ 3,903,585 3 4 riodic system taken in an amount of from 2 to 21 rately or in various combinations with one another weight percent are instrumental in regulating the physi~ within the above-speci?ed limits, and some elements co-chemical properties of the alloy concerned herein. having a melting point lying above 600°C and selected To provide the regulation of the melting point of the from the third to eighth groups of the periodic system alloy within the temperature range of from 1000D to 5 within the range of from 2 to 2l percent of the total l200°C, it is advisable that the elements of the sub weight of the alloy, taken either separately or in various group B of the lst group of the periodic system be taken combinations within the afore-stated limits. in an amount of from 20 to 30 percent of the total The element of hafnium, a basal constituent of the weight of the alloy, while the regulation of the melting present alloy, is a chemically active metal thus contrib point of the alloy within the range of from l200° to 10 uting to high adhesivity of the alloy with respect to in 1500°C is attainable by taking the elements of the sub fusible materials, its high melting temperature calling group B of the lst group of the periodic system in a forth the high melting point of the alloy proper.