Ceramic-glass-ceramic seal by microwave heating

Patent · Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6924589

Meek, T T; Blake, R D

A method for producing a ceramic-glass-ceramic seal by microwaving, mixes a slurry of glass sealing material and coupling agent and applies same to ceramic workpieces. The slurry and workpieces are placed together, insulated and then microwaved at a power, time and frequency sufficient to cause a liquid phase reaction in the slurry. The reaction of the glass sealing material forms a chemically different seal than that which would be formed by conventional heating because it is formed by a diffusion rather than by wetting of the reactants.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE84011298
• OSTI ID: 6924589
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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