Gold Braze 8218
AWS: BAu-4
GB8218 can be used on any of the common ferrous, non-ferrous, and super alloys. Typical applications include brazing of electron tubes, vacuum tubes, and wave guides in the electronic industry. In the aerospace industry, AMS 4787 can be used in brazing of fuel line assemblies and aero-engine components.
Available Forms
Wire, strip, engineered preforms, specialty preforms per customer specification, powder and paste.
Characteristics
GB8218 wets a wide range of high temperature iron and nickel base alloys such as the stainless steels, A286, Inconel and Inconel X very well. It does not alloy excessively with these materials nor produce the severe intergranular penetration normally associated with the nickel based brazing alloys containing boron. A minimum brazing temperature of 1800°F (980°C) is suggested for furnace brazing in hydrogen or dissociated ammonia having a -40°F dew point or drier on 300 and 400 series stainless steels which do not contain additions of Ti or Al. Stainless steels of the 17-7 PH variety require dew points of -70°F or drier for furnace brazing. Brazing is also being conducted in inert atmospheres or in vacuum. Joint clearances of 0.0015” = 0.003” are normally suggested.
Properties
Gold and nickel are completely soluble in all proportions at temperatures above 1490°F (810°C) and this specific composition (82Au/18Ni) represents the minimum in this system so that the solidus (melting point) and the liquidus (flow point) are identical. Normally, GB8218 would not be used for joining copper based and silver-based alloys. In addition, to having a flow point very close to the melting point of silver, and above that of the silver-copper eutectic, it would alloy quite readily with copper based alloys.
Specs
American Welding Society (AWS)
BAu-4
Solidus
1740 F / 949 C
Liquidus
1740 F / 949 C
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