Electrically isolated, high melting point, metal wire arrays and method of making same
A method of making a wire array includes the step of providing a tube of a sealing material and having an interior surface, and positioning a wire in the tube, the wire having an exterior surface. The tube is heated to soften the tube, and the softened tube is drawn and collapsed by a mild vacuum to bring the interior surface of the tube into contact with the wire to create a coated wire. The coated wires are bundled. The bundled coated wires are heated under vacuum to fuse the tube material coating the wires and create a fused rod with a wire array embedded therein. The fused rod is cut to form a wire array. A wire array is also disclosed.
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- OSTI Identifier:
- 1236437
- Assignee:
- UT-BATTELLE, LLC ORNL
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,245,671
- Application Number:
- 13/420,205
- Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 14
- Research Org:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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