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Experimental analysis demonstrates that adding 0.3% lanthanum refines microstructure and increases brazed joint shear strength by 17.7% in BAg5CuZn alloy, suggesting improved low-silver performance.
Effects of varying lanthanum (La) content on the melting characteristics, spreadability, mechanical properties of brazed joints, and microstructure of low-silver BAg5CuZn brazing filler metal were investigated. The results indicate that the addition of La has little effect on the solidus and liquidus temperatures of the filler metal, while an excessive amount of La slightly raises its liquidus temperature. An appropriate amount of La enhances the spreadability of the filler metal on both copper and stainless steel plates and simultaneously inhibits grain growth, refining the microstructure of the BAg5CuZn-xLa filler metal. When the La content in the filler metal reaches 0.3%, the shear strength of the 304 stainless steel/304 stainless steel joint brazed with BAg5CuZn-xLa filler metal reaches 492 MPa, which is 17.7% higher than that of the brazed joint without the La addition.
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