Braze Alloys

Gold-ABA® Technical Information

High-purity Active Braze Alloy of gold, nickel and titanium, developed for direct application to ceramic surfaces

 

Key Benefits

  • Wets and bonds to virtually any metallic surface, as well as to non-metallics such as oxides, nitrides and carbides
  • Allows ceramic-to-ceramic and ceramic-to-metal surfaces to be brazed without metallising, firing and electroplating
  • Cuts time and costs in manufacture of ceramic/metal assemblies
  • Produces strong, highly reliable and vacuum-tight brazed joints 

Typical Applications

  • Aerospace components
  • Medical equipment components
  • Vacuum tubes
  • Wave guide and Klystron assemblies 

Nominal Composition by Weight

  • Gold (Au): 96.4%
  • Nickel (Ni): 3.0%
  • Titanium (Ti): 0.6%

Forms Available

Foil

Paste

Powder

Rings

Sheet Preforms

Wire

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Gold-ABA® Thermal Properties

°C

°F

Liquidus

1030

1886

Solidus

1003

1837

Gold-ABA® Physical Properties*

Metric

Imperial

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE)

16.1

x10-6/°C for 20-850°C

8.94

x10-6/°F for 68-1562°F

Thermal Conductivity (Calculated)

25

W/(m*K)

14.4

BTU/ft h °F

Density

18.3

Mg/m3

0.661

lb/in3

Yield Strength (0.2% offset)

209

MPa

30.3

x103 lb/in2

Tensile Strength

334

MPa

48.5

x103 lb/in2

Elongation (2in/50mm gage section) 

29

%

Electrical Resistivity

308

x10-9(ohm*m)

Electrical Conductivity

3.25

x106/(ohm*m)

Recommended Brazing Temperatures

1025 - 1030

°C

1877 - 1886

°F

Recommended Brazing Atmospheres

10-5 mm Hg

* Please note that all values quoted are based on test pieces and may vary according to component design. These values are not guaranteed in any way and should only be treated as indicative values. They should be used for guidance only and for no other purpose whatsoever.

Gold-ABA® Safety Datasheets

Alloy

Foil

Wire

Gold-ABA®

BA-101
English

BA-101
English

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