A method for fabricating an article from an aluminum alloy is provided. The method includes providing an aluminum alloy containing at least 0.04 wt % Sc, at least 0.5 wt % Mn, at least 0.5 wt % Zr, at least 0.05 wt % Mg, and at least 90 wt % Al; casting the alloy into a sheet; subjecting the cast alloy to a thermal cycle which includes raising the temperature of the alloy along a first temperature gradient, holding the temperature of the alloy at a temperature T for a period of time t, and reducing the temperature of the alloy along a second temperature gradient; and utilizing the sheet in a brazing operation.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, a sacrificial material provided on one surface of the core material, a brazing filler material provided on the other surface side of the core material, and an intermediate layer provided between the core material and the brazing filler material. The core material contains Si: 0.30 to 1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.60 to 1.20 mass %, Mg: 0.05 to 0.80 mass %, and Al. The sacrificial material contains Si: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, Zn: 2.00 to 7.00 mass %, Mn: 0.40 mass % or less, and Al. The intermediate layer contains Si: 0.05 to 1.20 mass %, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Cu: 0.10 to 1.20 mass %, and Al.

An aluminum brazing sheet for flux-free brazing having a multilayer structure of two or more layers including at least one core material layer and one brazing material layer, wherein the brazing material layer is positioned on one or both sides of the core material layer and on an outermost surface of the brazing sheet. The brazing material layer is made of an Al—Si—Mg—X brazing material containing: in mass%, 0.05 to 2.0% of Mg, and 2.0 to 14.0% of Si, and further containing one or more of 0.01 to 0.3% of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb, a total amount of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb being 0.5% or less. X indicates one or more of Bi, Ga, Sn, In and Pb.

Provided are new aluminum alloys for use as one or more cladding layer(s) in clad aluminum alloy products for brazing applications. The cladding layer(s) include constituents that break and remove the oxide film on metal parts to be joined to produce high-strength brazing joints without the use of corrosive flux. Also provided herein are corrosion-resistant aluminum sheet packages including one or more of the aluminum alloy cladding layer(s) and an aluminum alloy core.

A brazing-sheet manufacturing method includes superposing a core-material slab on or adjacent to at least one surface of a filler-material slab to form a clad slab, the core-material slab being composed of an aluminum material and the filler-material slab being composed of an Al—Si—Mg series alloy. Then, the clad slab is hot rolled to form a clad sheet having a core material layer composed of the aluminum material of the core-material slab and a filler material layer composed of the Al—Si—Mg series alloy of the filler-material slab. Then, the clad sheet is subjected to one or more passes of cold rolling. Either between cold-rolling passes or after the completion of the cold rolling, a surface of the clad sheet is etched using a liquid etchant that includes one or more inorganic acids. The liquid etchant does not contain fluorine atoms.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of an aluminium multilayer brazing sheet which comprises a core layer made of a 3xxx alloy comprising 0.1 to 0.25 wt. % Mg, a brazing layer made of a 4xxx alloy on one or both sides of the core layer, and optionally an interlayer between the core layer and the brazing layer on one or both sides of the core layer, the process comprising the successive steps of: providing the layers to be assembled or simultaneous casting of the layers to obtain a sandwich; rolling of the resulting sandwich to obtain a sheet; and treating the surface of the sheet with an alkaline or acidic etchant.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of an aluminium multilayer brazing sheet which comprises a core layer made of a 3xxx alloy comprising 0.1 to 0.25 wt. % Mg, a brazing layer made of a 4xxx alloy on one or both sides of the core layer, and optionally an interlayer between the core layer and the brazing layer on one or both sides of the core layer, the process comprising the successive steps of: providing the layers to be assembled or simultaneous casting of the layers to obtain a sandwich; rolling of the resulting sandwich to obtain a sheet; and treating the surface of the sheet with an alkaline or acidic etchant.

A brazing material for brazing aluminum or an aluminum alloy includes fluoride-based flux, a solidifying agent, and a coating film uniformity agent, and is solid at 25° C.

A brazing material for brazing aluminum or an aluminum alloy includes fluoride-based flux, a solidifying agent, and a coating film uniformity agent, and is solid at 25° C.

Described herein are methods for and devices prepared from welding shape memory alloys. The weld produced from the present methods can approach 100% joint strength relative the ultimate tensile strength of the shape memory alloy, and are substantially free of heat affected zones and brittle intermetallics.