Use of silver-copper-palladium brazing alloys

Abstract

A compound arrangement comprising a first component of metal being brazed to a second component of metal. The first component has an external cylindrical surface touching an cylindrical internal surface of the second component. The second component clasps the first component tightly, so that the second component exerts compressive stress on said external surface of the first component.

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         21 . A compound arrangement comprising a first component of metal being brazed to a second component of metal, said first component having an cylindrical external surface touching a cylindrical internal surface of said second component, said first and said second components being parts of a flow sensor for measuring a fluid conducted in a pipe, wherein the metal of said first component is titanium and the metal of said second component is steel, and wherein the first and second components are brazed with a brazing alloy comprising silver, copper and palladium.  
     
     
         22 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the first component is a tube of said flow sensor.  
     
     
         23 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the second component is a sleeve.  
     
     
         24 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the flow sensor is a Coriolis mass flow sensor, and wherein the first component is a measuring tube of said flow sensor and the second component is a support tube of said flow sensor.  
     
     
         25 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the flow sensor is a Coriolis mass flow sensor, and wherein the first component is a flange of said flow sensor and the second component is a support tube of said flow sensor.  
     
     
         26 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the flow sensor is a Coriolis mass flow sensor, and wherein the first component is a support tube of said flow sensor and the second component is a flange of said flow sensor.  
     
     
         27 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the titanium component is a vibrating measuring tube of said Coriolis mass flow sensor.  
     
     
         28 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the steel component is a support tube of said Coriolis mass flow sensor.  
     
     
         29 . The compound arrangement as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the steel component is a flange of said Coriolis mass flow sensor.  
     
     
         30 . A Coriolis mass flow sensor comprising a titanium component and a steel component, which is joined with said titanium component by a brazing alloy, wherein the brazing alloy comprises silver, copper and palladium.