ThevacuuminductionbrazingofSiCparticulatereinforcedLY12alloymatrixcompositeusingAl-28Cu-5Si-2Mgfillermetalhasbeencarriedout.Themicrographofthejointinterfacewasobservedbyscanningelectronmicroscopy.Thejointstrengthwasdeterminedbysheartests.Theresultsshowthatbrazingtemperature,holdingtime,SiCparticlevolumepercentageandpostheattreatmentinfluencejointstrength.SiCparticleshappeninthebrazingseamandthedistributionofSiCparticlesinthejointisnotuniform.Particle-poorzonesinthejointexistnearthebasemetal,andparticleconcentratezonesexistinthecenterofthebrazingseam.Inaddition,thefailureofthecompositeispredominantlyinitiatedbytherootingofSiCparticleinthebrazingseamandthemicro-crackexpandedalongthebrazingseamwithlowenergy.
