Patent ID: 6949300

Claim:
A process for forming a brazing composition and bonding it to an aluminum surface comprising: a. selecting a brazing composition comprising particles of a monolith of zinc-aluminum alloy, aluminum-silicon alloy, aluminum-zinc-silicon alloy or aluminum-zinc-silicon-copper alloy or a composite selected from a combination of at least two of the following: zinc, zinc-aluminum alloy, aluminum, silicon, aluminum-silicon alloy, aluminum-zinc-silicon alloy, and aluminum-zinc-silicon-copper alloy; b. introducing said brazing composition into a focused gas stream; c. entraining said brazing composition in said gas stream; d. accelerating said brazing composition in said gas stream toward an aluminum surface; e. impacting said brazing composition onto said aluminum surface thereby kinetically bonding said brazing composition to said aluminum surface, said brazing composition remaining in its original solid phase upon bonding to said aluminum surface.