Starc Metals stands out as a top-notch manufacturer and supplier of Silver Brazing Rods right here in Canberra, Australia. We take pride in offering high-quality rods that are perfect for all your high-performance joining needs. Our silver brazing rods are crafted to provide outstanding strength, resist corrosion, and flow smoothly during the brazing process, ensuring that you get clean and durable joints every time. Made from high-purity silver and a carefully balanced mix of alloying elements, these rods excel in capillary action and minimize oxidation. At Starc Metals, we guarantee consistent quality, a smooth finish, and user-friendly design, making our silver brazing rods the go-to choice for industries like automotive, HVAC, electrical, and tool-making, where precision and reliability in metal joining are absolutely essential.
Typically, Silver Brazing Rods contain between 15% and 56% silver, along with copper, zinc, and sometimes tin or cadmium to improve their flow and wetting properties. The melting range usually falls between 620°C and 780°C, depending on the silver content. When it comes to performance, these rods create joints with tensile strengths between 300 and 600 MPa, showcasing excellent ductility and thermal conductivity. Their low melting point and superior flow characteristics make them perfect for joining different metals like copper, brass, nickel, and stainless steel without causing much heat distortion.
Silver Grade of Brazing Alloy | Nominal Composition % | Melting Range | International Standards | |||||
Ag | Cu | Zn | Cd | Others | °C |  DIN:8513 | AWS:A5.8 | |
| SILVER 67Cd | 67 | 11 | 12 | 10 | – | 635-720 | L-Ag67Cd | – |
| Used for brazing of silver goods made of silver alloys. | ||||||||
| SILVER 50Cd | 50 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 18 | – | 620-640 | L-Ag50Cd | BAg-1a |
| One of the lowest melting point Silver Brazing alloys available. It has excellent flow characteristics. The highest joint strength can be obtained with this alloy. Has better resistance to corrosion in chlorine, sulphur and steam environments. | ||||||||
| SILVER 45Cd | 45 | 15 | 16 | 24 | – | 605-620 | L-Ag45Cd | BAg-1 |
| This has the lowest brazing temperature range of the BAg filler metals. It also flows more freely into narrow clearance capillary joints. Its narrow melting range is suitable for rapid or slow methods of heating. | ||||||||
| SILVER 44Cd | 44 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 1P | 595-660 | – | – |
| Low melting filler metal for brazing electrical contacts and molybdenum or copper-tungsten electrodes. | ||||||||
| SILVER 43Cd | 43 | 16 | 20 | 21 | – | 615-620 | – | – |
| This has the shortest melting range of any silver brazing alloys. This alloy is regarded as the best brazing alloy by manu brazers. It is particularly recommended where a minimum brazing temperature is desirable to preserve the properties of the parent metals. Ideal where joints have a close fitup and will produce neat joints with optimum ductility and strength. | ||||||||
| SILVER 40Cd | 40 | 19 | 21 | 20 | – | 595-630 | L-Ag40Cd | – |
| SILVER 35Cd | 35 | 26 | 21 | 18 | – | 610-700 | L-Ag34Cd | BAg-2 |
| A free flowing general purpose brazing alloy. Its broader melting range is helpful where clearances are wide or are not uniform. Unless heating is rapid, care must be taken that the lower melting constituents do not separate out by liquation. | ||||||||
| SILVER 30Cd | 30 | 28 | 21 | 21 | – | 600-690 | L-Ag30Cd | BAg-2 |
| Similar to Silver 40Cd but more economical. | ||||||||
| SILVER 251Cd | 25 | 30 | 27.5 | 17.5 | – | 605-680 | – | BAg-33 |
| Silver 251, 250 & 20Cd have good fillet forming properties with an ability to bridge wide gaps. Their wide melting range limit their applications. Due to their wide melting range they are somewhat more subject to liquation and may require more care during brazing. Therefore, they are not normally recommended for applications with slow heating rates. | ||||||||
| SILVER 250Cd | 25 | 35 | 26 | 14 | – | 605-745 | – | BAg-27 |
| SILVER 20Cd | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | – | 605-765 | L-Ag20Cd | – |
| SILVER 12Cd | 12 | 50 | 31 | 7 | – | 620-825 | L-Ag12Cd | – |
| Economical alloy with wide melting range. Like above, preferred for applications having short heating cycles to avoid liquation. Ideal for bridging wider gaps where work pieces are insensitive to heat. | ||||||||
| SILVER 5Cd | 5 | – | – | 7 | – | 335-392 | – | – |
| Used where alloy having higher melting point and better strength than soft solder is required. | ||||||||
| C | Si | Mn | P | S | Cr |
| 95/1.25 | .40 max. | .37 | .045 max | .045 max. | .35 / .45 |
Silver brazing rods generally do not require corrosion protection coatings for most applications. However, in highly corrosive environments, additional coatings or protective measures may be beneficial to prevent degradation.
Silver brazing rods are not designed for welding, as they are intended for brazing. Attempting to weld them can result in poor joint strength and structural integrity.
When installing silver brazing rods, ensure the joint surfaces are clean and properly prepared for effective bonding. Also, control the heating process to avoid overheating or damaging the material.
You’ll find Silver Brazing Rods being widely used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, electrical contacts, plumbing fittings, and precision instruments. They’re also crucial in the aerospace and automotive sectors for assembling components that require high strength and leak-proof joints. In tool manufacturing, these rods create strong, vibration-resistant bonds between carbide tips and steel shanks. Their ability to form clean, corrosion-resistant, and high-strength joints makes silver brazing rods an indispensable material for industries that demand reliable and high-quality metal joining solutions.
We provide products that come with both mill test certificates and third-party test certificates, ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance.
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