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Novel information was attained by analyzing the electrodeposited Ni-Cr-P interlayers and the brazed joints and characterizing them using a combination of advanced techniques. The incorporation mechanisms of impurities (i.e., oxygen and carbon) in the Ni-Cr-P interlayers electrodeposited from a Cr(III)\u2013glycine solution were revealed. The oxygen mainly came from the Cr(III)\u2013hydroxy complexes formed by the hydrolysis and olation between Cr(III) complexes and OH\u2212 ions near the cathode. Glycine did not directly participate in the cathode reactions but decomposed on the anode surface. These byproducts (carbonyl compounds) were directly incorporated into the interlayers in a molecular pattern, forming a weak link to the metallic chromium. Brazing test results showed that a certain amount of Cr2O3 powder, formed by the decomposition of chromium hydroxides in the interlayers under high-temperature catalysis, would cause the degradation of the brazed joints. Using the step-wise brazing method, the brazing sheets were first annealed to eliminate the impurities by utilizing the strong reducing effect of hydrogen and the weak link characteristics between carbonyl compounds and metallic chromium atoms. An excellent joint with a shear strength of 63.0 MPa was obtained by subsequent brazing. The microstructural analysis showed that the brazed seam was mainly composed of a Ni-Fe-Cr solid solution, the Ni3P eutectic phase, and small quantities of the Ni5P2 phase scattered in the Ni3P eutectic phase. Fracture mode observations showed that the cracks extended along the interface between the brittle P-containing phase and the primary phase, resulting in fracture.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma18102406","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,21]],"date-time":"2025-05-21T06:31:27Z","timestamp":1747809087000},"page":"2406","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Brazing of Thin-Walled Stainless Steel Using Environmentally Friendly Ni-Cr-P Electrodeposition: Degradation Mechanism of Brazed Joint and Corresponding Improvement Strategy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Shubin","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Provincial Key Lab of Advanced Welding Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, 666 Changhui Road, Zhenjiang 212100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuqi","family":"Luan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Provincial Key Lab of Advanced Welding Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, 666 Changhui Road, Zhenjiang 212100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ikuo","family":"Shohji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1, Tenjin-cho, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1375","DOI":"10.2320\/matertrans.MT-M2022061","article-title":"Microstructures and properties of Ni-Cr-P filler metals and brazed joints bearing CNTs","volume":"63","author":"Zhang","year":"2022","journal-title":"Mater. 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