Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
Comparisons were made between Skylab and ground-based specimens of nickel and stainless steel which were vacuum brazed using silver-copper-lithium alloy with various joint configurations. It was established that the absence of gravity greatly extends the scope of brazing since capillary flow can proceed without gravity interference. There was also evidence of enhanced transport, primarily in that liquid silver copper alloy dissolves nickel to a much greater extent in the zero gravity environment.
Keywords:
ASTRONAUTICS (GENERAL)
Type:
NASA-CR-120509
Format:
application/pdf
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