This specification covers a gold-palladium-nickel alloy in the form of wire, rod, sheet, strip, foil, pig,powder, shot, chips, preforms, and a viscous mixture (paste) of the powder in a suitable binder.This filler metal has been used typically for joining corrosion and heat-resistant steels and alloyswhere corrosion and oxidation-resistant joints with good strength at elevated temperatures arerequired, but usage is not limited to such applications.