Brazing of copper to dispersion-strengthened copper
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a state-of-the-art synchrotron light source that will produce intense x-ray beams, which will allow the study of smaller samples and faster reactions and processes at a greater level of detail than has been possible to date. The beam is produced by using third-generation insertion devices in a 7-GeV (7 billion electron volts) electron/positron storage ring that is 1,104 meters (2/3 mile) in circumference. The heat load from these intense high-power devices is very high, and certain components must sustain total heat loads of 3 to 15 kW and heat fluxes of 30 W/mm{sup 2}. Because the beams will cycle on and off many times, thermal shock and fatigue will be a problem. High heat flux impinging on a small area causes a large thermal gradient that results in high stress. GlidCop{reg_sign}, a dispersion-strengthened copper, is the desired design material because of its high thermal conductivity and superior mechanical properties as compared to copper and its alloys. GlidCop is not amenable to joining by fusion welding, and brazing requires diligence because of high diffusivity. Brazing procedures were developed using optical and scanning electron microscopy.
- OSTI ID:
- 524770
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960848-; ISBN 0-8194-2243-6; TRN: 97:016758
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Denver `96: 1. conference on space processing of materials, at SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) annual international symposium on optical science, engineering, and instrumentation, Denver, CO (United States), 4-9 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of High heat flux engineering III; Khounsary, A.M. [ed.] [Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)]; PB: 329 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2855
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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