# US 4,398,659 A · Metal-composite bonding

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- Number: US 4,398,659 A
- Document ID: US4398659A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/338,824
- Filed: 1982-01-11
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1980-12-12
- Assignees: United Technologies Corporation
- Inventors: Mark A. Richter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398659A

## CPC

- C03C 14/002: {the non-glass component being in the form of fibres, filaments, yarns, felts or woven material}
- B32B 15/08: of synthetic resin
- C03C 27/046: {of metals, metal oxides or metal salts only}
- C03C 2214/02: Fibres; Filaments; Yarns; Felts; Woven material
- Y10T 428/2918: including free carbon or carbide or therewith [not as steel]
- Y10T 428/30: Self-sustaining carbon mass or layer with impregnant or other layer
- C03C: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method of bonding a graphite fiber reinforced glass matrix composite to a metal structure comprising depositing a layer of eutectic alloy metal component to the bond surfaces of the metal and composite followed by placing the thus treated bond surfaces of the metal and composite together with a layer of eutectic alloy containing such metal therebetween. The metal-bond-composite is then heated to melt the alloy and bond the composite to the metal. Articles formed by such a process are also described. The method has particular utility in bonding cooling channel containing metal bases to graphite-glass composite laser mirrors.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of bonding a high strength, thermally stable, graphite fiber reinforced glass matrix composite to a metal surface, the glass matrix having a low coefficient of thermal expansion and the graphite fiber having a highly negative axial coefficient of thermal expansion comprising depositing a thin layer of a eutectic alloy metal component to the bond surfaces of the composite and the metal, inserting a thin layer of eutectic alloy containing the metal component between the bond surfaces, placing the metal and composite bond surfaces together with the eutectic alloy in between and raising the temperature of the metal-alloy-composite to a temperature sufficient to melt the alloy and bond the composite.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the metal component layers are deposited in thicknesses up to 25 microns.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the bond produced has a strength of at least 2800 psi (1.9.times.10.sup.7 NT/M.sup.2).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the graphite fibers have a modulus of elasticity of at least 531 GPa, a tensile strength of at least 1724 MPa and a density of about 1.96 gm/cm.sup.3.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the composite contains 40% to 70% by volume graphite fibers having orientation in the composite of 0.degree. and 90.degree.; 0.degree., 45.degree. and 90.degree.; 0.degree., 60.degree. and 120.degree.; are discontinuous; or have fiber orientation substantially perpendicular to the bond.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the metal surface is molybdenum.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the eutectic alloy metal component is gold and the eutectic alloy is a gold-tin mixture.