TY - JOUR N2 - Brazing of two dissimilar structural materials; Zircaloy-4 and SS-316L was performed at 900oC under high vacuum conditions. The metallic glass ribbons (Zr55Cu30Al10Ni2Fe3-at. %) of 30 µm thickness, were used as an interlayer. The bonded region was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscope (EDS) and microhardness testing. The metallurgical bond formation was due to compositional changes in the molten interlayer and later on its subsequent solidification. Assessment of the bonded zone (BZ) revealed three distinct regions (Region-I, Region-II and Region-III). Diffusion transformation was observed in Region-I and Region-III which were interface with base alloys SS-316L and Zircaloy-4 respectively. However, Region-II at the middle of the BZ was composed of isothermally and athermally solidified portions. The highest values of Microhardness were observed in Region-III which was due to the presence of hard phases. Moreover, a crack parallel to BZ was observed in Region-III and was attributed to differential contraction of base alloys during cooling. Maximum shear stress acting on the BZ was calculated and correlated to the brittle phase cracking. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111342/PDF/AMM-2019-2-45-Zheng.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111342 PY - 2019 IS - No 2 EP - 713 DO - 10.24425/amm.2019.127602 KW - Bonded Zone (BZ) KW - Intermetallics KW - Vacuum brazing KW - Interlayer KW - Cracking A1 - Munis, A. A1 - Zheng, Maosheng A1 - Akhter, J.I. A1 - Ahmad, M. PB - Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 64 DA - 2019.06.27 T1 - Characterization of Bonded Zone and Evaluation of Cracking in Vacuum Brazed Zircaloy-4 and Stainless Steel-316L Joint SP - 707 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111342 T2 - Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ER -