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Originally Posted by
easyupbug
There is an exception, air-hardening steels, an example is Reynolds 853, primarily a carbon, manganese, chrome, molybdenum, silicon, copper alloy which with welding and air cooling forms a fine grain structure giving it improved yield strength and a resistance to shock.
And there is a critical temp that these air hardening steels have to be heated to for this to happen. IIRC the low brazing temps of silver isn't high enough. But this has nothing to do with the strength of the joining. Andy
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