Nickel brazing filler metals are generally used when specifications call for corrosion resistance and high-temperature service properties. Nickel is also used in subzero applications as low as the temperature of liquid oxygen, helium, or nitrogen. Atmospheres reducing to both the base and filler metal are recommended. Nickel has low vapor pressure, making these alloys ideally suited to vacuum systems and vacuum tube applications.
AWS A 5.8 | Ni | Cr | B | Si | Fe | P | Mn | Cu | Melt/Flow |
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BNi-1 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1790/1900 | |||
BNi-1a | 70 | 14 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1790-1970 | |||
BNi-2 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 | 1780/1830 | |||
BNi-3 | 90 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1800/1900 | ||||
BNi-4 | 90 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1979/2075 | ||||
BNi-5 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 1610/1610 | |||||
BNi-6 | 86 | 11 | 1610/1610 | ||||||
BNi-7 | 73 | 14 | 10 | 1630/1630 | |||||
BNi-8 | 62 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 1800/1850 |