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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Chapter 1 Introduction to Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Brazing versus Soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Historical Development of Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Advantages and Limitations of Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Mechanics of Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Brazing versus Other Welding Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 Brazing Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Adhesion, Wetting, Spreading, and Capillary Attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Practical Experience, Work-Related Tips, and Problem-Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3 Elements of the Brazing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Filler-Metal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Base-Metal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Filler-Metal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Surface Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Joint Design and Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Temperature and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Processes (Heat Sources) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Torch Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Furnace Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Induction Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Controlled-Atmosphere Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
New Induction Brazing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Resistance Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Carbon Resistance Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Direct Resistance Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dip Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Infrared (Quartz) Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exothermic Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Laser Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Braze Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Diffusion Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Microwave Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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The Future of Braze Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Practical Experience, Work-Related Tips, and Problem-Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chapter 4 Base Metals and Base-Metal Family Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Metallurgical Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Base-Metal Family Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 5 Brazing Filler Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Basic Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Filler-Metal Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Filler-Metal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Specialized Brazing Filler Metals and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Filler-Metal Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Filler-Metal Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Chapter 6 Fluxes and Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Atmospheres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Fluxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Chapter 7 Fixturing, Tooling, Stopoffs, Parting Agents, Surface Preparation,

Surface Cleaning, and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Fixturing and Tooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Stopoff Materials and Parting Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Surface Cleaning and Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Surface Preparation for Specific Base Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Clean Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vacuum Brazing Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Postbrazing Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Repair Techniques with Cleaning Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Chapter 8 Joint Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Types of Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Joint Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Design for Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Effects of Brazing Variables on Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Joint Design and Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Chapter 9 Evaluation and Quality Control of Brazed Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Design and Quality System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Quality Standards for Brazing and Brazing Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Types of Common Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Brazing Process Planning and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Nondestructive Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Design Testing, Evaluation, and Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Destructive Inspection and Testing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

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Chapter 10 Applications and Future Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Fluxless Brazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Novel and Emerging Brazing Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Future Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Case Histories and Problem-Solving Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Abbreviations and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Filler Metal Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

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Preface

This updated and revised second edition of Brazing is intended to provide the reader with the infor-
mation needed to braze materials that will be used in the 21st century. My goal has been to fuse expe-
riences, basic understandings, theories, and practical information from the past with guidance about
expected brazing applications and problem-solving considerations for the future and what it may hold
for materials joining. It will be interesting to observe the continuing development and use of novel
types of equipment and how engineers, scientists, and technology innovators will tackle the un-
knowns of this new millennium.
In addition, this revised edition includes lessons learned on tooling, design, materials, atmospheres,
processing, and equipment throughout the book. These examples should be helpful to the new braz-
ing initiate as well as to more experienced brazing technologists and engineers.
Several new and emerging topics are covered, including nanostructures and materials, microwave
and laser brazing, more effective use of vacuum atmospheres, functionally gradient materials (FGM),
and intermetallics, to name just a few. Coverage has been increased on beryllium alloys, aluminum-
lithium alloys, new titanium alloys, various composites (metal, ceramic, intermetallic), ceramic-to-
metal brazing, and ceramic-to-ceramic brazing.
The enforcement of environmental regulations and the rising cost of metals such as copper and sil-
ver have forced manufacturers of brazing and soldering products to develop new fluxes and filler met-
als, while devising more efficient means of applying existing products. These trends have been
reflected in the content of this new edition.
Residual flux and its disposal have come under the scrutiny of regulatory agencies. To address this
concern, a family of concentrated fluxes has come on the market that provides improved fluxing per-
formance with smaller amounts being applied to the part. The quantities used can be reduced even
more with automated dispensing, which places a small amount of flux exactly where it is required
rather than the more expansive manual brushing of the flux.
The increasing use of aluminum for parts has spawned the development of better aluminum filler
metals and fluxes for brazing.
The elimination of cadmium from braze filler metals is another area that has attracted attention in
recent years. Cadmium has for years been used in certain brazing filler metals because of its charac-
teristic as a temperature depressant, which facilitates melting and wetting of the filler metal. OSHA
has established stringent regulations on allowable cadmium levels in the air. Some manufacturers
have addressed this through the installation of sensitive filtration equipment and closing off the braz-
ing area from other manufacturing operations. Another approach has been to utilize substitute cad-
mium-free braze filler metals now commercially available. These substitutes are similar in wetting
characteristics to the cadmium types, but they do require more heat to produce the wetting. This fac-
tor should be taken into consideration when establishing the application of the heat.
Other products that are considered are brazing powders and rods pre-coated with flux and equip-
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Modeling can be used to increase reliability, repeatability, and efficiency of furnace operations.
That is, the optimum cycle for a particular brazing process and workload is determined and a program
is designed to allow the influencing parameters to be automatically compensated in real time, thereby
achieving optimum operation.
The basis for actual in-process control is modern computer methods and more sophisticated knowl-
edge of the brazing process.
The thinking and understanding of companies and their management must become global, and
engineers must be able to reduce the technology development cycle for new materials and brazing
systems from a norm of five to seven years to two to three years.
One final area of concentrated development work is ceramic joining. Although the ability to fabri-
cate ceramic materials that are reliably strong and tough is continuously advancing, the successful uti-
lization of these materials will depend on the ability to assemble simple components into structures
that will function effectively.
While metal joining can be performed by starting at one end of the joint, ceramic joining requires
the entire joint region to be brought into a reactive state simultaneously. Preliminary supplemental
heating may be needed to prevent thermal shock during joining. A transfer of the experience gained
in other material fields could prove helpful. Adaptation of physical and chemical deposition methods,
surface engineering by laser beams, ion implantation, and chemical doping to improve surface reac-
tivity and solid state adhesion are just a few of the techniques available for implementation. The
development of generic joining technology for ceramic materials is vital and should be pursued in the
context of metallurgical and ceramic sciences. Furthermore, it should be paralleled by an engineer-
ing effort to design and construct equipment specific to ceramic joining.
Extending joining technology to ceramic materials will allow implementation of advanced tech-
nologies in circumstances where ceramics are the only materials having the requisite properties. Such
a development provides an opportunity for the expertise of joining engineers plus venture capitalists
to cash in on solving the underlying basic problems and thus augment the international competitive-
ness of U.S. products.
If one tries to view the future and what it holds, woven through these fanciful visions are items that
reflect trends observed in current reality. For instance, with the current pace of technological change,
it can take less than six months for a state-of-the-art computer to become old technology. And soft-
ware viruses can gobble up monthly production reports in seconds.
But there is also good news. Within the next few years, micro-robots may crawl through intelligent
joining systems, performing preventive maintenance in areas previously inaccessible. Solar power
could become the cost-effective, environmentally safe way to fuel many manufacturing processes.
Traditional methods of design and manufacture will give way to concurrent engineering (CE)
strategies that enable improved communications between design and manufacturing. Automakers,
aircraft manufacturers, and even job shops will design for manufacturability. These strategies will
strongly influence development and deployment of advanced manufacturing technology well into the
new millennium.
However, with all the enthusiasm, enhancement, and advancements made by all the above indus-
tries, the basics in joining have not been altered.
In spite of the move to automation, computer-controlled and monitored processes, and robots, the
basic principles for all the various joining processes and fabrication techniques have not changed.
You still need a heating media/source, material to be joined, a filler material to be added or preplaced
in most cases, and a protective atmosphere/flux or vacuum in many situations.
Over the past several years, many organizations have surveyed the changing face of science and
engineering within the United States. In each case, the conclusions were the same:
• Fewer engineering students will be available for industrial employment during the first decade of
the 21st century.

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• As a result of the aging work force and benefits of early retirement programs, the demands for qual-
ified joining (brazing) engineers will increase especially with the retirement in 2010–2012 of the
baby boomers.
• The changing face of industry will result in the need for more technically trained individuals.
Department of Labor statistics predict an increased need in the engineering work force of 165% for
the ten-year period from 1999 to 2009.
As indicated in a recent National Science Foundation report, “the educational system in the United
states has always been hierarchical. For this reason, the progression (and attrition) of students from
primary education through graduate programs is conceptualized as a pipeline.”
The feeder to engineering education resides in middle school (grades 6 to 8). It is here that students
begin to take an interest in career opportunities and the educational requirements needed to enter
these professional careers. This is where they begin planning their high school curriculum, which will
either prepare them for a college education or vocational endeavors.
The real solution will take the cooperative effort from each portion of industry, i.e., professional
societies, industry and educational organizations. Professional societies and educational foundations
can assist in image-building and career planning.
Finally, the secondary schools and universities must begin to view themselves as equal partners
with industry and societies in course requirement development and articulation agreements.
A knowledge of metallurgy is basic to an understanding of the brazing process. This does not mean
that the brazing engineer, brazer, and the brazing inspector must become a metallurgist. But it does
mean that engineering schools of the world increasingly must face up to the fact that in the future
engineers must play a key part in management’s strategic planning group. The university system rec-
ognizes that tomorrow’s engineers will have to have enhanced capabilities due to three significant
factors: increased product sophistication and variation; a global manufacturing environment; and a
multitude of social and economic changes.
The 21st century engineer or technologist will require a radically different education from that of
his predecessors. The workplace of the future will need systems integrators, not individuals classified
as metallurgists, brazing technologists, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, or industrial
engineers; individuals will need knowledge and talent in each of these fields.
The engineer of the future must be fully conversant with modern materials applications. Those who
are involved in developing industrial computer networks must also be familiar with the manufactur-
ing processes themselves.
Improvements in joining science and technology must keep pace with advances in materials sci-
ence and technology, or else the benefits of these new materials will not be achieved in the market-
place.
Mel Schwartz

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Brazing

MANY PRODUCTS are assembled from impact resistance, and other cyclic conditions;
two or more individual components that are and manufacturing considerations, such as cost,
often permanently joined to produce struc- equipment required, and other assembly details.
turally sound assemblies. Joining methods Brazing (usually conducted at 540 to 1620
include various fasteners, interference-type °C, or 1000 to 2950 °F) is considered a high-
joints, adhesives, and, for the highest-integrity temperature joining process compared to adhe-
joints, the many techniques classified under sive bonding, mechanical fastening, and solder-
welding. Brazing, although fundamentally dif- ing. Therefore, it cannot be used for plastics;
ferent from fusion welding, is one such tech- however, it is used for metal-matrix composites
nique; soldering is another. and ceramic-matrix composites.
The term brazing encompasses a group of Lap joints, which are the most common type
welding processes that produce coalescence of of brazed joint, are usually as strong as or
materials by heating them to the brazing tem- stronger than the base materials being joined as
perature in the presence of a filler metal having long as (a) the faying surfaces overlap for a dis-
a liquidus above 450 °C (840 °F) and below the tance equal to at least 3 times the thickness of the
solidus of the base metal. (The liquidus, or melt- thinner of the two members being joined, and (b)
ing point, is the lowest temperature at which a the clearance between the two parts ( joint thick-
metal or an alloy is completely liquid, and the ness) is kept to approximately 0.075 mm (0.003
solidus is the highest temperature at which a in.) or less at braze temperature (Ref 1).
metal or an alloy is completely solid.) The braz-
ing filler metal is distributed between the
closely fitted faying surfaces of the joint by cap- Brazing versus Soldering
illary action.
In the brazing process, the materials involved The basic distinction between brazing and
are heated to a temperature approximately 56 °C soldering is that brazing is conducted at higher
(100 °F) above the temperature of the filler temperatures (soldering processes use filler
material (usually a metal) that is being used. metals having a liquidus not exceeding 450 °C,
The filler metal turns liquid, covers all the mat- or 840 °F). The historical distinction between
ing surfaces, and creates an alloy bond with the the processes has its origin in the earliest sol-
faying surfaces. The filler metal can be pre- ders, which were based on tin, while brazes
placed, plated, or applied from an external were based on copper-zinc alloys. Indeed, the
source. If the filler metal comes from outside the word braze is a derivation of the Old English
mating surfaces, it requires capillary action to braes, meaning to cover with brass. On the other
draw it between the faying surfaces (see Chap- hand, the term solder is an adaptation of the Old
ter 2, “Brazing Fundamentals”). French soudure, meaning to make solid.
When selecting a joining method, many fac- Brazing and soldering require the application
tors, including requirements, must be consid- of a number of scientific and engineering skills
ered, for example, service temperature and to produce joints of satisfactory quality and reli-
environment (corrosive, galvanic, etc.); service ability. Brazing employs higher temperatures
requirements for reliability, fatigue resistance, than soldering, but the fundamental concepts
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are similar, particularly with respect to metal- quired, and the physical properties are compara-
lurgy and surface chemistry (Table 1.1). How- ble, provided that the same homologous tem-
ever, joint design, materials to be joined, filler- perature is used for the comparison.
metal and flux selection, heating methods, and
joint preparation can vary widely between the
two processes. Economic considerations in- Historical Development of Brazing
volving filler-metal and process technology are
also varied, particularly in relation to automated Early metalworkers, stimulated by a desire to
techniques and inspection and testing. Brazing produce structures that were difficult or impos-
and soldering are performed in many industries, sible to build using methods then in existence,
from exotic applications in the electronics and realized that it was possible to fill the joint
aerospace field to everyday plumbing applica- between two metal pieces with molten metal
tions. and allow it to solidify. These artisans soon
The type of metallurgical reaction between a learned by experience that, in order to achieve
filler and parent metal is sometimes used to dif- adherence, the metals to be joined and the filler
ferentiate soldering from brazing. Solders usu- metal had to be kept free of oxides and the filler
ally react to form intermetallic phases, that is, metal had to have a lower melting point, and,
compounds of the constituent elements that furthermore, that a given filler metal would not
have different atomic arrangements than the necessarily adhere to all metals. From these
elements in solid form. By contrast, most brazes basic requirements, brazing and soldering grew
form solid solutions, which are mixtures of the into crafts whose practitioners were well versed
constituents on an atomic scale. However, this in what to do and what not to do in order to pro-
distinction does not have universal validity. For duce sound joints.
example, silver-copper-phosphorus brazes react Just as these joining techniques developed
with steels to form the interfacial phase of Fe3P empirically, so did the lower-melting-point
in a similar manner to the reaction of tin-base filler metals. Workers first used lead and tin sol-
solders with iron or steels to form FeSn2. On the ders as well as silver and copper-arsenic ores,
other hand, solid solutions form between silver- which were readily available and had low melt-
lead solders and copper just as they do between ing points. Later, the alloy brass was developed
the common silver-base brazes and copper. and found to be more desirable for joining cop-
Soldering and brazing involve the same per, silver, and steel structures, because it pro-
bonding mechanism, that is, reaction with the vided higher-strength joints and could with-
parent material, usually alloying, so as to form stand higher temperatures.
metallic bonds at the interface. In both situa- Early silversmiths, probably wanting to pro-
tions, good wetting promotes the formation of duce white solder joints for aesthetic reasons,
fillets that serve to enhance the strength of the melted brass and silver together and found it to
joints. Similar processing conditions are re- have an even lower melting point than brass,

Table 1.1 Comparison of soldering, brazing, and welding

Process

Parameter Soldering Brazing Welding

Joint formed Mechanical Metallurgical Metallurgical

Filler-metal melt temperature, <450 (<840) >450 (>840)(a) >450 (>840)(b)
°C (°F)
Base metal Does not melt Does not melt ...
Fluxes used to protect and to assist Required Optional Optional
in wetting of base-metal surfaces
Typical heat sources Soldering iron; ultrasonics; Furnace; chemical reaction; Plasma; electron beam; tungsten and
resistance; oven induction; torch; infrared submerged arc; resistance; laser
Tendency to warp or burn Atypical Atypical Potential distortion and warpage
of base metal likely
Residual stresses ... ... Likely around weld area
(a) Less than melting point of base metal. (b) Less than or equal to melting point of base metal
 Chapter 1: Introduction to Brazing / 3

good adherence, and better corrosion resistance. turing enter the picture here; one must consider
Although innumerable combinations of silver, the relative cost of material, availability of
copper, and zinc subsequently evolved, prima- material, schedule to manufacture the assembly,
rily to meet melting-point requirements, these and the production equipment. The brazing
silver-brass, brass, and lead-tin alloys were equipment could be torch, induction, resistance,
essentially the only brazing and soldering filler or furnace.
materials available for generations. Figure 1.2 illustrates an assembly with sev-
eral internal brazed joints that can be simultane-
ously joined in one production load in, for
Advantages and Limitations of Brazing example, a furnace using fluxed joints and/or an
inert or vacuum atmosphere where no flux is
Advantages. Brazing has many distinct used.
advantages, including the following: Figure 1.3 illustrates the joining of two cop-
• Economical fabrication of complex and mul- per plates whereby large surface areas are cov-
ticomponent assemblies ered by the liquid filler metal. The criteria of
• Simple method to obtain extensive joint area strength and corrosion resistance were the key
or joint length requirements that convinced the joining engi-
• Joint temperature capability approaching that neers to select brazing over several other joining
of base metal techniques.
• Excellent stress distribution and heat-transfer Brazed joint strength is high. The nature of
properties the interatomic (metallic) bond is such that even
• Ability to preserve protective metal coating a simple joint, when properly designed and
or cladding
• Ability to join cast materials to wrought met-
als
• Ability to join nonmetals to metals
• Ability to join metal thicknesses that vary
widely in size
• Ability to join dissimilar metals
• Ability to join porous metal components
• Ability to fabricate large assemblies in a
stress-free condition
• Ability to preserve special metallurgical
characteristics of metals
• Ability to join fiber- and dispersion-strength-
ened composites
• Capability for precision production tolerance
• Reproducible and reliable quality-control
techniques
Strong, uniform, leakproof joints can be
made rapidly, inexpensively, and even simulta-
neously. Joints that are inaccessible and parts
that may not be joinable at all by other methods
often can be joined by brazing. Complicated
assemblies comprising thick and thin sections,
odd shapes, and differing wrought and cast
alloys can be turned into integral components
by a single trip through a brazing furnace or a
dip pot. Metal as thin as 0.01 mm (0.0004 in.)
and as thick as 150 mm (6 in.) can be brazed. Fig. 1.1 Use of brazing to enable replacement of complex
Brazing allows for the substitution of com- castings with assemblies of basic components. The
casting shown (top) needs to be faced, drilled, and tapped in
plex castings (Fig. 1.1) (Ref 2) for plate, bar, or three places. It is much easier to braze three threaded couplings/
tubular shapes. The cost and times for manufac- tubes into a machined block (bottom). Source: Ref 2
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made, has strength equal to or greater than that greatly varied sections can be brazed with little
of the as-brazed parent metal. The natural distortion, and precise joining is comparatively
shapes of brazing fillets are excellent. The simple. Unlike welding, in which the applica-
meniscus surface formed by the fillet metal as it tion of intense heat to small areas acts to move
curves across corners and adjoining sections is the parts out of alignment and introduces resid-
ideally shaped to resist fatigue. (It should be ual stresses, brazing involves fairly even heat-
noted that in brazed joints using eutectic-type ing, and thus part alignment is easier.
filler metal, fillets often contain an excessive Limitations. A brazed joint is not a homol-
amount of brittle intermetallic compounds. In ogous body but rather is heterogeneous, com-
fact, fillets are 5 to 10 times thicker than the posed of different phases with differing physi-
joint and thus have a much higher volume of the cal and chemical properties. In the simplest
liquid phase from which these brittle phases case, it consists of the base-metal parts to be
crystallize. Therefore, crack nucleation often joined and the added filler metal. However, par-
originates in fillets.) Complex shapes with tial dissolution of the base metal, combined
with diffusion processes, can change the com-
position and therefore the chemical and physi-
cal properties of the boundary zone formed at
the interface between base metal and filler metal
and often of the entire joint. Thus, in addition to
the two different materials present in the sim-
plest example given previously, a complicated
transitional or even completely different zone
must be considered.
In determining the strength of such heteroge-
neous joints, the simplified concepts of elastic-
ity and plasticity theory—valid for a homoge-
Fig. 1.2 Assembly in which several internal brazed joints neous metallic body where imposed stresses are
are accomplished at the same time in one furnace uniformly transmitted from one surface or space
brazing operation by the use of internal brazing performs.
Source: Ref 2
element to the adjacent ones—no longer apply.
In a brazed joint formed of several materials
with different characteristics of deformation
resistance and deformation speed, the stresses
caused by externally applied loads are nonuni-
formly distributed.

Mechanics of Brazing

Brazing involves a limited dissolution or

plastic deformation of the base metal (Ref 3).
Brazing proceeds through four distinct steps:

1. The assembly or the region of the parts to

be joined is heated to a temperature of at
least 450 °C (840 °F).
2. The assembled parts and brazing filler
metal reach a temperature high enough to
melt the filler metal (foil, wire, paste, plat-
ings, etc.) but not the parts.
3. The molten filler metal, held in the joint by
surface tension, spreads into the joint and
wets the base-metal surfaces.
4. The parts are cooled to solidify, or “freeze,”
Fig. 1.3 Brazing used to join large surface areas. Channels
the filler metal, which is held in the joint by
were grooved into these two copper plates prior
to brazing to serve as internal cooling channels. Source: Ref 2 capillary attraction and anchors the parts
 Chapter 1: Introduction to Brazing / 5

together by metallurgical reaction and As noted in Table 1.1, essentially no melting

atomic bonding. of the base metal occurs in brazing; however,
the temperatures involved can affect the proper-
Brazing versus Other ties of the metals being joined. For example,
base metals whose mechanical properties were
Welding Processes obtained by cold working may soften or
undergo grain growth if the brazing temperature
The mere fact that brazing does not involve is above their recrystallization temperatures.
any substantial melting of the base metals offers Mechanical properties obtained by heat treat-
several advantages over other welding pro- ment may be altered by the heat of brazing. On
cesses. It is generally possible to maintain closer the other hand, materials in the annealed condi-
assembly tolerances and to produce a cosmeti- tion are usually not altered by brazing.
cally neater joint without costly secondary oper- As with other welding processes, brazing
ations. Even more important, however, is that produces a heat-affected zone (HAZ) with a
brazing makes it possible to join dissimilar met- strongly altered microstructure due to intensive
als (or metals to ceramics) that, because of met- mutual mass transfer between base metal and
allurgical incompatibilities, cannot be joined by filler metal. The width of this zone varies with
traditional fusion welding processes. If the base the heating process used. In torch and induction
metals do not have to be melted to be joined, it brazing, for example, only a localized zone is
does not matter that they have widely different heated; in furnace and dip brazing, the entire
melting points. Therefore, steel can be brazed to part is subjected to the brazing temperature. As
copper as easily as to another steel. a rule, the HAZ produced during brazing is
Brazing also generally produces less ther- wider and less sharply defined than those result-
mally induced distortion, or warping, than ing from other fusion-related processes.
fusion welding. An entire part can be brought up
to the same brazing temperature, thereby pre-
venting the kind of localized heating that causes ACKNOWLEDGMENT
distortion in welding.
Finally, and perhaps most important to the Portions of this article are adapted from M.M.
manufacturing engineer, brazing readily lends Schwartz, Introduction to Brazing and Solder-
itself to mass-production techniques. It is rela- ing, Welding, Brazing, and Soldering, Volume
tively easy to automate, because the application 6, ASM Handbook, ASM International, 1993,
of heat does not have to be localized, as in fusion pages 109–113.
welding, and the application of filler metal is less
critical. In fact, given the proper clearance con-
ditions and heat, a brazed joint tends to make
itself and is not dependent on operator skill, as REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 2

Brazing Fundamentals

BRAZING does not involve any melting or of the liquid in equilibrium with its saturated
plastic state of the base metal. Brazing com- vapor, γsl at the interface between the solid and
prises a group of joining processes in which the liquid, and γsv at the interface of the solid in
coalescence is produced by heating to suitable equilibrium with the saturated vapor of the liq-
temperatures above 450 °C (840 °F) and by uid. Hence:
using a ferrous and/or nonferrous filler metal
γsv = γlv cos θ + γsl (Eq 1)
that must have a liquidus temperature above 450
°C and below the solidus temperature(s) of the It is important to keep in mind that phases are
base metal(s). The filler metal is distributed supposed to be mutually in equilibrium. The
between the closely fitted surfaces of the joint designation γsv is a reminder that the solid sur-
by capillary attraction. Brazing is distinguished face near the liquid should have an equilibrium
from soldering in that soldering employs a filler film of vapor due to the film pressure. Young’s
metal having a liquidus below 450 °C. equation has been used extensively in literature,
Brazing has four distinct characteristics: which reflects its general acceptance.
• The coalescence, joining, or uniting of an However, Eq 1 has never been verified exper-
assembly of two or more parts into one struc- imentally. The problem is that surface tensions
of solids are not easy to measure due to the
ture is achieved by heating the assembly or
inevitable presence of the interfacial tension
the region of the parts to be joined to a tem-
between a solid and its liquid. More impor-
perature of 450 °C or above.
tantly, there is the difficulty that any tensile
• Assembled parts and filler metal are heated to
stresses existing in the surface of the solid
a temperature high enough to melt the filler
would prevent the system from being in equilib-
metal but not the parts.
rium. The surface tension at the solid-vapor
• The molten filler metal spreads into the joint
interface (γsv) has a relationship with surface
and must wet the base-metal surfaces.
tension of a solid in vacuum (γs) as follows:
• The parts are cooled to freeze the filler metal,
which is held in the joint by capillary attrac- γsv = γs – πe (Eq 2)
tion and anchors the part together.
where πe refers to the spreading pressure. Con-
sequently, Young’s equation may be rewritten
Adhesion, Wetting, Spreading, as:
and Capillary Attraction γs = γlv cos θ + γsl + πe (Eq 3)
Because most of the solids have a negligible
Metals πe, particularly when the contact angle (θ) is
More than 195 years ago, Thomas Young greater than 10°, Young’s equation becomes:
(Ref 1) proposed treating the contact angle (θ)
γs = γlv cos θ + γsl (Eq 4)
of a liquid as the result of the mechanical equi-
librium of a drop resting on a plain, solid surface A decrease of the contact angle causes an
under the action of three surface tensions (Fig. increase of the liquid drop surface area and thus
2.1). The surface tensions are γlv at the interface increases the total liquid surface free energy.
 Chapter 2: Brazing Fundamentals / 9

expansion. It can be shown thermodynamically ior corresponds to γsv > γlv, because, in a given
that in the absence of a reaction, the driving system, the surface free energy of a liquid is less
force for wetting does not exceed γlv, resulting than that of a solid, due to its lack of long-range
in a steady-state contact angle (Ref 3). The driv- order. The liquid thus has the opportunity to
ing force with the contribution of the free rearrange its surface structure to a lower free-
energy of reaction in most cases exceeds the energy state. However, when liquid C is placed
resisting force represented by γlv, because θ is on solid A, spreading occurs, because substrate
0° during spreading. A condition of an expand- A (as an active participant in the reaction)
ing drop during a reaction is defined as spread- changes its surface composition toward B. The
ing. It can be seen that the free energy of a reac- third equation in Fig. 2.1 applies in this case.
tion in which the substrate is a passive Another example is that of liquid D on solid
participant does not contribute to the driving B. Liquid D is not in equilibrium with B and dis-
force for wetting; thus, spreading does not solves some of the substrate to change its com-
occur. The contact angle, however, adjusts to position to C. Even though a reaction occurs,
conform with the surface-energy changes of the there is no spreading, because B is a passive par-
liquid caused by composition changes due to the ticipant with no change in composition, even
reaction. though it is being dissolved. However, with liq-
Example: Copper-Silver System. The uid D on solid A, spreading occurs, because
equilibrium phase diagram for the copper-silver both are active participants as they change to
binary system (Fig. 2.2) can be used to illustrate equilibrium compositions C and B, respec-
examples of wetting and spreading (Ref 3). The tively. In both of the latter examples, liquid D is
system has a eutectic at 780 °C (1430 °F), with an active participant, because it dissolves some
72 wt% Ag. At 900 °C (1650 °F), the solid-solu- of the substrate to reach equilibrium composi-
tion limit is 5 wt% Ag in copper and 8 wt% Cu tions. It does not, however, contribute to spread-
in silver. ing, which is controlled by the active participa-
Several compositions are identified in the tion of the substrate.
phase diagram by the letters A to D. When a
drop of liquid C is placed on solid B at 900 °C
(1650 °F), wetting occurs, with a contact angle Ceramics
of 11° and no chemical reaction, because the Joining dissimilar materials invariably results
phases are in chemical equilibrium. This behav- in high interfacial energy; that is, the work of

Fig. 2.2 Stable phase equilibrium diagram for the copper-silver system
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adhesion is not sufficient to maintain the joint problems, because interfacial compound forma-
integrity. Most structural ceramic-metal inter- tion could create fragile layers (Ref 9), further
faces are no exceptions; the liquid metal does complicating the development of good joint
not readily wet the ceramic surface. Therefore, efficiency. The weakest among the adhesive
the first challenge in metal-to-ceramic joining is strength at the ceramic-compound boundary,
to alter the interfacial thermodynamics to render the cohesive strength of the compound, or the
the ceramic surface wettable. There are two adhesive strength between compound and metal
approaches available today (Ref 4) to accom- would determine the final joint strength.
plish this task: metallization of the ceramic sur- Table 2.1 (Ref 10) summarizes the various
face and reaction wetting. A thin layer of metal reaction products that have been identified in lit-
alloy is deposited on the ceramic by vapor dep- erature for the common metal-ceramic systems.
osition or sputtering. Brazing is then carried out Many researchers have concentrated their study
by appropriate filler material or by simply melt- on alumina surfaces, because it is one of the
ing the deposited layer (Ref 5). This two-step very few ceramics for which essential thermo-
approach is not as enthusiastically embraced by dynamic data are available. One of the first
industry as is direct reaction brazing. commercial applications of metal-to-ceramic
In reaction brazing, the filler metal is care- brazed components is the turbocharger rotor
fully chosen so as to facilitate compound for- (Ref 8), where a silicon nitride turbine blade is
mation at the interface. A small percentage of brazed to a stainless steel shaft. Other ceramics
reactive metals, such as aluminum and titanium, of interest to brazers are silicon carbide and zir-
are added to the otherwise inert base alloys (Ref conia.
6, 7). The compounds that form are commonly Ceramics exhibit very different thermal
spinels for the oxide ceramics and complex expansion behavior compared to metals; hence,
nitrides for the ceramic nitrides (Ref 8, 9). considerable residual stress can build up during
It is important to realize that wetting in such cooling. This thermal expansion mismatch
systems is time dependent. Successful bond for- more or less dictates the use of a ductile filler
mation relies on rapid transport of the reactive material. Most commercial brazing systems are
metal to the interface and a rapid rate of com- therefore silver and copper base. The soft inter-
pound formation. Reaction wetting may not layer might not be sufficient to compensate for
be the solution to all metal-ceramic joining large differences in thermal expansion coeffi-

Table 2.1 Ceramic-metal interface formation and reaction products

Bonding conditions

System Temperature, K Load, MPa (ksi) Time, h Atmosphere Reaction products

Al2O3(a)-Nb(a) 1925 20 (3) 0.1 Argon (Al)Nb

Al2O3(b)-Nb(c) 1973 10 (1.5) 2 Vacuum 10–4 Pa (O)Nb
Al2O3(d)-Nb(a) 1973 6.4 (1.0) 1 Vacuum 10–3 Pa NbOx, (Al,O)Nb

Al2O3(b)-Nb(a) 1973 6.4 (1.0) 1 Vacuum 10–3 Pa NbOx, (Al,O)Nb

Al2O3(e)-Ti(a) 1250 ... 60 Vacuum 10–4 Pa Ti3Al, TiO, (AlO)Ti
SiC(b)-Ti(a) 1773 0.34 (0.05) 1 Vacuum 10–3 Pa Ti3SiC2, Ti5Si(C), TiSi2
SiC(b)-Zr(a) 1773 0.56 (0.08) 1 Vacuum 10–3 Pa ZrSi, ZrC + (Si)Zr
SiC(a)-Al/Ti/Al(a) 1273 0.56 (0.08) 1 Air TiC, TiAl3Si
SiC(a)-Al(a) 1373 0 (0) 1 Vacuum 10–2 Pa Al4C, (Si)Al
Si3N4(a)-Fe(a) 1683 3000 (435) 1 Argon Fe3Si, (Si)Fe
SiO2-Al(a) 875 10 (1.5) 10–4 75N2/25H2 Not observed
... ... 24 (H2/H2O = 102) α-Al2O3, (Si)Al
Al2O3(b)-Cu(a) 1270 20 (3) 0.25 H2/H2O = 2 × 105 None
Al2O3(b)-Pt(a) 1773 20 (3) 0.25 H2/H2O = 105 None. After 6 h, (Al)Pt;
after 1000 h, Pt3Al
Al2O3(b)-Pt(a) 1773 20 (3) 0.25 H2/H2O = 5 × 105 Pt3Al, (Al)Pt
SiO2-Pt(a) 1473 1 (0.15) 0.25 H2/H2O = 2 × 103 Pt3Si
ZrO2(a)-Pt 1273 0 (0) 0.6 H2 (Zr)Pt
... ... 8 H2 Pt3Zr, (Zr)Pt
Plane of interaction: (a) Polycrystal. (b) (0001). (c) (110). (d) (1010). (e) (1100). Source: Ref 10
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Results 1: Key terms and definitions

Learning Objective 1: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Current trends and future directions
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Learning Objective 2: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Key terms and definitions
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• Ethical considerations and implications
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Learning Objective 4: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Ethical considerations and implications
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Learning Objective 5: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Current trends and future directions
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- Note: Important consideration
Example 5: Literature review and discussion
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
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- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Practice Problem 6: Experimental procedures and results
• Theoretical framework and methodology
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Definition: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 8: Experimental procedures and results
• Best practices and recommendations
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Important: Literature review and discussion
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
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Summary 2: Assessment criteria and rubrics
Key Concept: Literature review and discussion
• Practical applications and examples
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- Note: Important consideration
Example 11: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Current trends and future directions
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Key Concept: Key terms and definitions
• Learning outcomes and objectives
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Practice Problem 13: Historical development and evolution
• Best practices and recommendations
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Remember: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Literature review and discussion
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- Note: Important consideration
Note: Case studies and real-world applications
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
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[Figure 16: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Historical development and evolution
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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- Note: Important consideration
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[Figure 17: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 17: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Fundamental concepts and principles
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- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 18: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Experimental procedures and results
• Research findings and conclusions
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 19: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Experimental procedures and results
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- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Review 3: Case studies and real-world applications
Example 20: Case studies and real-world applications
• Fundamental concepts and principles
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 21: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Practical applications and examples
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Example 22: Ethical considerations and implications
• Research findings and conclusions
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- Note: Important consideration
Note: Current trends and future directions
• Key terms and definitions
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Remember: Best practices and recommendations
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
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- Note: Important consideration
Example 25: Case studies and real-world applications
• Critical analysis and evaluation
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Key Concept: Historical development and evolution
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Key Concept: Literature review and discussion
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Best practices and recommendations
• Historical development and evolution
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[Figure 29: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 29: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Best practices and recommendations
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Chapter 4: Historical development and evolution
Definition: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Case studies and real-world applications
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Example 31: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Literature review and discussion
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- Note: Important consideration
Important: Historical development and evolution
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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Remember: Ethical considerations and implications
• Best practices and recommendations
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- Example: Practical application scenario
Practice Problem 34: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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- Note: Important consideration
Important: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Case studies and real-world applications
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Important: Study tips and learning strategies
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Key terms and definitions
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Definition: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Critical analysis and evaluation
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Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Review 5: Current trends and future directions
Key Concept: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Research findings and conclusions
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Experimental procedures and results
• Fundamental concepts and principles
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[Figure 42: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Key Concept: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Historical development and evolution
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- Example: Practical application scenario
Practice Problem 43: Research findings and conclusions
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 44: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Ethical considerations and implications
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Case studies and real-world applications
• Interdisciplinary approaches
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- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Study tips and learning strategies
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Ethical considerations and implications
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Current trends and future directions
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Discussion 6: Theoretical framework and methodology
Remember: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Learning outcomes and objectives
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
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Definition: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 55: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Key terms and definitions
• Historical development and evolution
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Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Historical development and evolution
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 59: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 59: Case studies and real-world applications
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Exercise 7: Best practices and recommendations
Remember: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Important: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
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- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Literature review and discussion
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Theoretical framework and methodology
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Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Best practices and recommendations
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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Definition: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Case studies and real-world applications
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Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 67: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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Example 68: Study tips and learning strategies
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
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Example 69: Research findings and conclusions
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
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- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 70: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
References 8: Interdisciplinary approaches
Example 70: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Literature review and discussion
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Example 73: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Research findings and conclusions
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- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 74: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Definition: Literature review and discussion
• Ethical considerations and implications
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- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 77: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Case studies and real-world applications
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- Example: Practical application scenario
Note: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Fundamental concepts and principles
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- Example: Practical application scenario
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Example 79: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
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- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 80: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Quiz 9: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
Practice Problem 80: Case studies and real-world applications
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Current trends and future directions
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Key Concept: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Current trends and future directions
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Example 85: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 86: Current trends and future directions
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
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- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 87: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Literature review and discussion
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- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 88: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Ethical considerations and implications
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- Note: Important consideration
Important: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Best practices and recommendations
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- Note: Important consideration
Quiz 10: Assessment criteria and rubrics
Important: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Historical development and evolution
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[Figure 91: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Experimental procedures and results
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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Definition: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
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- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 93: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 93: Current trends and future directions
• Study tips and learning strategies
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Example 94: Historical development and evolution
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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- Example: Practical application scenario
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Key Concept: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Interdisciplinary approaches
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Key Concept: Research findings and conclusions
• Ethical considerations and implications
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Example 97: Key terms and definitions
• Critical analysis and evaluation
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Important: Fundamental concepts and principles
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[Figure 99: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 99: Literature review and discussion
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
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- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Part 11: Historical development and evolution
Remember: Practical applications and examples
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Historical development and evolution
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Note: Key terms and definitions
• Research findings and conclusions
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Important: Case studies and real-world applications
• Ethical considerations and implications
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Example 104: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 105: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Note: Study tips and learning strategies
• Interdisciplinary approaches
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Key Concept: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Literature review and discussion
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Example 107: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Best practices and recommendations
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• Experimental procedures and results
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Module 12: Literature review and discussion
Note: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Critical analysis and evaluation
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Practice Problem 111: Current trends and future directions
• Theoretical framework and methodology
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Practice Problem 112: Historical development and evolution
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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