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Record W4409468875 · doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102404

Uncovering the mechanism behind a two-step infiltration during layered wide-gap brazing of a Ni-base superalloy using a B-Containing filler metal

2025· article· en· W4409468875 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueMaterialia · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicAdvanced materials and composites
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanada Foundation for InnovationMcMaster University
KeywordsBrazingMaterials scienceSuperalloyMetallurgyInfiltration (HVAC)Base metalFiller metalMetalComposite materialBase (topology)MicrostructureAlloyWelding

Abstract

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This study investigates the mechanisms resulting in a two-step infiltration process during layered wide-gap brazing of the MAR-M247/BNi-9 system for repair of high-temperature Ni superalloy components. Differential scanning calorimetry was coupled with electron microscopy and 3D X-ray microscopy to better quantify the two-step infiltration process. It was found that significant diffusional homogenization between braze alloy and MAR-M247 particles, occurred prior to liquation. As a result, only about 15% of the braze melted during Stage 1 of layered wide-gap brazing as compared to approximately 49% when only the melting of pure BNi-9 was considered for the same temperature interval. Stage 1 melting began at the ternary eutectic transformation temperature, 1053 °C, with the complete melting of Ni 3 B and partial melting of γ -Ni. Upon liquation, the braze liquid readily infiltrated the MAR-M247 skeleton via capillary action. As a result of rapid boron diffusion into the MAR-M247 skeleton from the infiltrating braze, extensive base metal dissolution and eventual diffusional solidification occurred, with Stage 1 infiltration terminating at 1073 °C. Stage 2 melting and infiltration began at 1102 °C with the re-melting of the partially infiltrated braze as well as melting of remaining un-infiltrated braze atop the layered brazement, with near complete infiltration attained by 1150 °C. Further, it was found that infiltration behavior varied between Stages 1 and 2, with 58% and 40% of the MAR-M247 skeleton infiltrated after 120 s and 228 s, respectively. Kinetic differences were likely influenced by: (i) transition from rapid to sluggish skeletal dissolution regimes, and an (ii) alteration of the MAR-M247 pore network structure

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.018
Threshold uncertainty score0.813

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Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.233
Teacher spread0.222 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it