A new low-melting-point aluminum braze

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 243-s

  Jacobson, D M ^a   Humpston, G ^a   Sangha, S P S ^a  

^a GEC Marconi Materials Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al Engineering Alloy; Alloy Selection; Aluminum Brazing; Brazing Filler Metal; Corrosion Resistance; Ductile Foil Preform; Fluxless Joining; Low Melting Point; Mechanical Properties; Quaternary Al Alloy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BRAZING FILLER METALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; JOINING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; PREFORMING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM BRAZING; DUCTILE FOIL PREFORM; FLUXLESS JOINING; LOW MELTING POINT;

BRAZING;

EID: 0030211851     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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