1. Main materials to be assembled and useful characteristics

1.1 Main materials

• Conductive materials

  The main materials to be joined are austenitic and ferritic stainless steels; high electrical conductivity copper; cupronickel alloys (including monels); unalloyed iron; iron-nickel, iron-nickel-cobalt, iron-nickel-chromium alloys; conventional graphite, Inconel alloys, unalloyed molybdenum, molybdenum-rhenium alloys, unalloyed nickel, alloyed nickel, niobium, tantalum, titanium, unalloyed tungsten, tungsten-rhenium alloys, zirconium. This list is not exhaustive and does not include, among others, brazing filler metals and alloys, which are covered in paragraph