Reactive bonding film is a relatively new method of fusing materials with the potential to meet needs of particle tracker mechanics under development due to its resulting tensile strength, thermal conductivity, radiation tolerance, and low mass. Employing a new apparatus to vary pressure applied to samples during bonding, we find improved ultimate tensile strengths compared with previous results.
@article{arxiv.1807.01374,
title = {Pressure Dependence of Carbon Foam Bonding Strength using Reactive Film},
author = {Maxwell Chertok and Jeske Dioquino and Jeremy Hansen and Michael Irving and Christian Neher and Mani Tripathi and Yao Yao and Gayle Zheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.01374},
year = {2018}
}