Liquid metal wettability and advanced ceramic brazing

Data are presented as to results on wettability and joining of ceramic materials performed during last years at the Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Wettability of ceramics by advanced filler alloys is considered to be a background for brazing alloy design. Joining techniques (brazing, diffusion welding) were developed for a number of oxide, carbide, nitride and boride ceramic materials. The data reported include specially designed filler compositions, optimized brazing parameters, mechanical properties of obtained joints as well as joint schemes and examples of manufactured details.