Details on the formation of Ti2Cu3 in the Ag-Cu-Ti system in the temperature range 790-860 °C
Résumé
Silver-copper-titanium ternary alloys are often used as active braze alloys for joining ceramics to metals at temperatures ranging from 780 °C (the melting point of the Ag-Cu eutectic) up to 900 °C. When Ti/Ag-Cu joints are brazed at low temperature (near 800 °C), the intermetallic compound Ti2Cu3 (tetragonal, P4/nmm, a = 0.313nm, c = 1.395nm) is systematically missing from the interface reaction layer sequence. An experimental investigation based on isothermal diffusion experiments in the Ag-Cu-Ti ternary system has then been undertaken in order to clarify the issues of thermal stability and formation kinetics of this compound. Evidences have been brought for the stability of Ti2Cu3 at temperatures ranging from 790 to at least 860 °C. By heat-treating Ag-Cu-Ti powder mixtures at 790 °C for increasing times, it has moreover been shown that Ti2Cu3 forms at a much slower rate than the two adjacent Ti-Cu compounds: TiCu4, the first phase to form, and Ti3Cu4. This explains why although thermodynamically stable, Ti2Cu3 is not obtained when temperature is too low or reaction time too short.
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