Patent ID: 7419086

Claim:
A method of brazing a titanium metal comprising the steps of; coating a braze material onto a base material, said braze material being a mixture of Ti, Cu, Ni powders comprising 25–80% by weight Ti, 12–24% by weight Ni, and 12–22% Cu, wherein the Cu/Ni is between 0.5 and 1.0, and wherein the amount of Zr present in said braze material is from 0 to not more than 12 wt%; placing said base material with said braze material in a vacuum furnace; heating said braze material and said base material for a given braze time to achieve thermal stability between said braze material and said base material, said heating being up to a temperature that is not more than a braze temperature of said braze material; and forming a braze joint between said braze material and said base material.