Introduction to brazing -- Brazing versus soldering -- Historical development of brazing -- Advantages and limitations of brazing -- Mechanics of brazing -- Brazing versus other welding processes -- Brazing fundamentals -- Adhesion, wetting, spreading, and capillary attraction -- Practical experience, work-related tips, and problem-solving -- Elements of the brazing process -- Filler-metal flow -- Base-metal characteristics -- Filler-metal characteristics -- Surface preparation -- Joint design and clearance -- Temperature and time -- Torch brazing -- Furnace brazing -- Induction brazing -- Controlled-atmosphere brazing -- New induction brazing systems -- Resistance brazing -- Carbon resistance brazing -- Direct resistance brazing -- Dip brazing -- Infrared (quartz) brazing -- Exothermic brazing -- Laser brazing -- Braze welding -- Diffusion brazing -- Microwave brazing -- The Future of braze processing -- Practical experience, work-related tips, and problem-solving -- Base metals and base-metal family groups -- Metallurgical reactions -- Base-metal family groups -- Case histories and problem-solving examples -- Brazer filler metals -- Basic characteristics -- Filler-metal selection criteria -- Filler-metal types -- Specialized brazing filler metals and materials -- Filler-metal selection -- Filler-metal forms -- Case histories and problem-solving examples -- Fluxes and atmospheres -- Atmosphers -- Fluxes -- Case histories and problem-solving examples -- Fixturing, tooling, stopoffs, parting agents, surface preparation, surface cleaning, and repair -- Fixturing and tooling -- Stopoff materials and parting agents -- Surface cleaning and preparation -- Surface preparation for specific base metals -- Clean rooms -- Vacuum brazing cleaning -- Postbrazing treatments -- Repair techniques with cleaning agents -- Case histories and problem-solving examples -- Joint design -- Types of joints -- Joint clearance -- Design for assembly -- Effects of brazing variables on clearance -- Strength -- Joint design and ceramics -- Case histories and problem-solving examples -- Evaluation and quality control of brazed joints -- Design and quality system -- Quality standards for brazing and brazing processes -- Types of common defects -- Brazing process planning and control -- Nondestructive inspection -- Design testing, evaluation, and feedback -- Destructive inspection and testing methods -- Applications and future outlook -- Automation -- Fluxless brazing -- Novel and emerging brazing processes -- Future outlook -- Case histories and problem-solving examples.