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Title: Ceramic-glass-metal seal by microwave heating

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6974751

A method for producing a ceramic-glass-metal seal by microwaving, mixes a slurry of glass sealing material and coupling agent and applies same to ceramic and metal workpieces. The slurry and workpieces are then insulated and 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 diffusion rather than by wetting of the reactants.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Application Number:
ON: DE84011283
OSTI ID:
6974751
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English