Article: How to choose the right alloys for brazing ferrous materials.

In a continuation of our series of articles on silver brazing, Lucas-Milhaupt/Handy & Harman will discuss why Sil Fos[R] 15 -- and other phosphorus-bearing alloys -- are not the "right" choices for all applicaions, specifically when brazing any ferrous materials, such as steel, stainless steel, etc.

While the tubing that connects most of the components in a refrigeration or air conditioning system is typically copper, there are often occasions when one or several of the components are steel or stainless steel. A good example of this is the compressor that is an integral part of such systems.

Compressor manufacturers use steel as the shell into which the ...

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