Abstract
The laser-driven, gas-phase based SFF technique for joining together ceramic components with ceramic filler material, known as Selective Area Laser Deposition (SALD) Joining, was utilized in fabricating joined silicon carbide structures. Specifically, silicon carbide tubes were `welded' together by depositing silicon carbide from a gas phase reaction. A single laser beam deposition setup and a dual laser beam design were investigated. A gas environment of tetramethylsilane and hydrogen served as the deposition precursors. The quality of the joints were examined by bend tests and hermeticity measurements. In addition, the composition and morphology of the silicon carbide deposit was studied and is discussed here.
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