Dissimilar laser brazing of boron nitride and tungsten carbide

Using laser brazing process, we made the dissimilar joint of the boron nitride and tungsten carbide with an excellent functionality. In order to investigate the characteristic of joint, observation and structural analysis of its interface by the electron probe micro-analysis (EPMA) and the scanning acoustic microscopy were performed. The wetting property between h-BN and Ag–Cu–Ti braze was excellent, therefore no gaps were seen between them. Moreover, it was suggested that the Ti element, which is the active ingredient in Ag–Cu–Ti braze, reacted with N in h-BN to generate Ti–N composite phase as an interfacial precipitation and the generation of Ti–N composite phase was affected by the concentration of Ti in Ag–Cu–Ti braze. All fracture was formed in h-BN body near the interface and it seemed that the distribution of shear strength of 1.25%Ti to 1.68%Ti was within the margin of variation of bulk strength of h-BN.