Reactive Joining of Aluminide-based Intermetallic Compounds

Welding and joining of advanced materials

“…National projects for metallic glass forming technologies have started recently; Zr base and Ni base metallic glass, which become amorphous under a relatively low cooling rate, is joined by laser welding 1 , electromagnetic welding 2 and ohmic heating 3,4 ; the occurrence of crystallisation and the joining strength have been investigated. In addition, joining between glass and metal or Si by the use of anodic bonding 5, 7 , joining of Al base composite materials using friction stir welding 8,9 and joining of graphite 10 and diamond 11,12 by means of soldering have been studied.…”

“…8 Reviews of the reactive joining of aluminide-based intermetallic compounds were summarised. 9 Research reports on the welding and joining of bulk metallic glasses have been on the increase in recent years together with material development. Fusion welding was carried out as follows: TIG welding 10 and pulsed YAG laser welding 11 of CuNiZrTi bulk metallic glass, laser welding 12 of ZrCuAl metallic glass and semiconductor laser welding 13 of NiNbTiZrCoCu metallic glass.…”