Study on vacuum brazing of high purity alumina for application in proton synchrotron
Study on vacuum brazing of high purity alumina for application in proton synchrotron
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DOI:
10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.069
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发表时间:
2014-12
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8.4
通讯作者:
D. Yadav;R. Kaul;P. Ganesh;R. Shiroman;R. Sridhar;L. M. Kukreja
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作者:
D. Yadav;R. Kaul;P. Ganesh;R. Shiroman;R. Sridhar;L. M. Kukreja
The paper describes an experimental study to evaluate two different vacuum brazing processes to obtain high purity alumina (99.7%) joints suitable for application in rapid cycle proton synchrotron. Two different brazing routes, adopted for making alumina–alumina brazed joints, included (i) multi-step Mo–Mn metallization, followed by brazing with BVAg-8 alloy and (ii) advanced single-step active brazing with CuSil-ABA® alloy. Both the brazing routes yielded helium leak tight and ultra-high vacuum (pressure < 10−9mbar) compatible joints. Active-brazed specimens exhibited tensile and mean flexural strengths of 62 and 110 MPa, respectively. Metallized-brazed specimens, although associated with relatively lower tensile strength (35 MPa) than the targeted value (>50 MPa), displayed higher mean flexural strength of 149 MPa. The results of the study demonstrated that active brazing is a simple and cost effective alternative to conventional multi-step metallization route for producing quality joints of high purity alumina for application in rapid cycle proton synchrotron machine.