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Method for forming glass-to-metal seals

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5052945
A method is described for forming a glass-to-metal seal, comprising the steps of: (a) placing in a vacuum injection mold a formed metal part to be sealed; (b) heating a glass having a melting point greater than the melting point of the metal to a temperature greater then the glass melting point, thus melting the glass; (c) vacuum injecting the molten glass into the mold to effect the seal.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
US 4617044
OSTI ID:
5052945
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English