US2859512A - Method of bonding a titanium member to a ceramic surface - Google Patents

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US2859512A
US2859512A US575617A US57561756A US2859512A US 2859512 A US2859512 A US 2859512A US 575617 A US575617 A US 575617A US 57561756 A US57561756 A US 57561756A US 2859512 A US2859512 A US 2859512A
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  • the invention relates to a method of vacuum-tight fastening of a metal object to a ceramic surface and, more particularly, to an electric discharge tube having at least one supply conductor secured in a vacuum-tight manner to one or more ceramic surfaces.
  • titaniumand zirconium-containing alloys adhere satisfactorily to ceramic surfaces, more particularly, of alundem. It is common practice to coat first the ceramic surface with a layer of Ti, to which the metal objects can be soldered. The titanium is applied in the form of TiH and decomposed by heating in a nonoxidizing atmosphere. It is also known that silver solder to which Li, P or Mn is added, is suitable to solder an object to a ceramic surface, the admixtures forming a vitreous compound with the ceramic surface. In order to obtain a satisfactory adhesion, the ceramic surface may be coated previously with oxides of vanadium, niobium or tantalum.
  • a very simple method of fastening a metal object to a ceramic surface is obtained, if the metal object of titanium or zirconium is brought into contact with the ceramic surface with the interposition of a layer of metal or metal alloy having a lower melting-point than Zr, in which Ti or Zr can dissolve to a small extent, after which the temperature is raised in vacuo to an extent such that the intermediate metal melts and adheres to the ceramic surface owing to the Ti or Zr dissolved in the metal.
  • the heating operation may be continued until such a quantity of Ti or Zr has dissolved in the intermediate metal that the melting-point reaches or exceeds the heating temperature, so that during the heating operation the metal solidifies.
  • Suitable intermediate metals are nickel, iron, cobalt.
  • the ceramic material consists preferably of alumina, since its expansion coefficient corresponds approximately to that of Ti and Zr.
  • the effect obtained is very likely due to the phenomenon that the Ti or Zr dissolves in the liquid intermediate metal, which need in itself not adhere to the ceramic surface, the dissolved Ti or Zr thus enabling a moistening of the ceramic surface, so that the metal adheres to the ceramic surface. Owing to the solution of Ti or Zr the melting-point of the intermediate metal increases gradually, so that after some time the metal can solidify during the heating operation.
  • the titanium discs provision is made of ceramic discs 15, 16 and 17, having a height such that the correct distance between the electrodes is obtained, when the parts of the tube are piled upon one another.
  • the discs and the ceramic end surfaces of the cylinders provision is made of rings 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 made for example of Ni, Fe or C0, the thickness of which must be extremely small, for example 5 to 10 ,u, since otherwise too great a quantity of Ti is dissolved in the metal.
  • the melting of these rings does not affect markedly the electrode spacings.
  • the tube is exhausted under a vacuum bell. During the degassing the heating operation may be performed in the conventional manner, for example by means of high-frequency currents.
  • connection of titanium or zirconium the ceramic material with the interposition of one of the said metals or alloys with a lower melting-point may have any shape within the scope of the invention.
  • a method of securing a metal object to a ceramic surface in a vacuum comprising placing between said metal object constituted of titanium and said ceramic surface a metal layer of a thickness between 5n and 10 4 selected from the group consisting of nickel, iron and cobalt in which titanium is soluble to a small extent, said metal layer abutting both said titanium and ceramic surface, heating the assembly in a vacuum to a constant temperature above the melting point of said metal layer but below the melting point of titanium whereby said metal layer dissolves titanium from the abutting surface thereof to form an intermediate alloy therewith which wets and bonds titanium and the ceramic surface to join the same.

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US3088201A (en) * 1959-08-26 1963-05-07 Gen Electric Method of making a ceramic-to-metal seal
US3097931A (en) * 1956-10-29 1963-07-16 Gen Electric Co Ltd Methods of joining graphitic surfaces
US3100339A (en) * 1956-08-30 1963-08-13 Gen Electric Method of making composite bodies
US3106773A (en) * 1961-06-07 1963-10-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp Process for bonding zirconium and alloys thereof
US3115957A (en) * 1959-02-18 1963-12-31 Eitel Mccullough Inc Art of sealing quartz to metal
US3116171A (en) * 1961-03-14 1963-12-31 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Satellite solar cell assembly
US3148038A (en) * 1958-05-27 1964-09-08 Westinghouse Electric Corp Bonding of metal members
US3209450A (en) * 1962-07-03 1965-10-05 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Method of fabricating semiconductor contacts
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US3209450A (en) * 1962-07-03 1965-10-05 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Method of fabricating semiconductor contacts
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US3371406A (en) * 1965-11-26 1968-03-05 Philips Corp Hermetic electrical lead-in assembly
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