Abstract
Brazements on alumina or partially stabilized zirconia (PSZ) of four silver- or copper-based brazing filler metals that contain titanium to promote wetting of and adherence to structural ceramics, were exposed in a thermogravimetric analyser at temperatures up to 700°C to atmospheres of 100% O2, Ar-20% O2 and Ar-3 p.p.m. O2. The alloys included Cu-41.1Ag-3.6Sn-7.2Ti, Ag-44.4Cu-8.4Sn-0.9Ti, Ag-41.6Cu-9.7Sn-5.0Ti and Ag-37.4Cu-10.8In-1,4Ti, at%. All formed external oxides that were more or less protective under all of the test conditions studied. The growth of the oxides followed a parabolic time law. The gains in weight due to oxidation observed were small, ranging (for 45 h exposure at 400 °C to Ar-20% O2) from 0.20 mgcm−2 for the Ag-37.4Cu-10.8In-1.4Ti alloy to 0.46 mgcm−2 for Cu-41.1Ag-3.6Sn-7.2Ti. As expected, weight gain increased with increasing temperature or\(P_{O_2 } \). Unexpectedly, the titanium played a minor role in the scale formed on any of the filler metals with a titanium oxide, TiO2, being found on only one alloy — Ag-41.6Cu-9.7Sn-5.0Ti. The brazements on PSZ gained weight at a higher rate than comparative brazements on alumina. We attribute this behaviour to oxygen transport through the zirconia resulting in the growth of an interfacial layer of titanium oxide.
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