摘要:
The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp that has an electric power consumption of less than 50 watt and comprises a discharge vessel (1′) that is sealed on two sides and is made of a translucent ceramic material as well as electrodes (2′, 3′) which are disposed inside the discharge vessel (1′) and are used for generating a gas discharge. Xenon and metal halides are arranged within the discharge vessel (1′) which is embodied as a ceramic tube that has a uniform maximum inner diameter of 1.2 mm while the minimum cold filling pressure of the xenon amounts to 0.8 megapascal.
摘要:
There is described a sealing composition for sealing aluminum nitride and aluminum oxynitride ceramics comprising: a mixture of SiO2, at least one other metal oxide, and a silicon additive comprising at least one of silicon metal or a silicide. The silicon additive acts to suppress the formation of nitrogen bubbles during the sealing of articles comprised of aluminum nitride or aluminum oxynitride ceramics, e.g., as in the case of a ceramic discharge vessel for a high intensity discharge lamp.
摘要:
The present invention is a ceramic discharge vessel for use in high-intensity-discharge (HID) lamps. The discharge vessel has a ceramic body and at least one seal region comprised of an aluminum oxynitride material. The seal region further has a surface layer for contacting a frit material wherein the surface layer is less reactive than the aluminum oxynitride material with respect to the molten frit during sealing. Preferably, the surface layer has a lower nitrogen content than the aluminum oxynitride material. The less reactive surface acts to minimize the formation of bubbles in the sealing frit during the sealing operation.
摘要:
A method of producing a ceramic metal halide discharge lamp having a monolithic seal between a sapphire (single crystal alumina) arc tube and a polycrystalline alumina (PCA) end cap. The method includes the steps of providing an arc tube of fully dense sapphire and providing an end cap made of unsintered compressed polycrystalline alumina powder doped with magnesium oxide and yttrium oxide. The end cap is heated until it is presintered to remove organic binder material at a low temperature relative to the sintering temperature. The presintered end cap is placed on an end portion of the arc tube to form a close interface between the two. The presintered end cap and adjacent arc tube are then heated to until the end cap is fully sintered onto the arc tube and the sapphire tube grows into the end cap. A monolithic seal is formed along the interface between the end cap and the arc tube as the sapphire tube grows into the polycrystalline alumina end cap. The yttrium oxide promotes increased growth between sapphire tube and the PCA end cap and is not detrimental to the metal halide chemistry, nor subject to erosion by the metal halide chemistry.
摘要:
Electrodeless arc tubes for high pressure sodium discharge lamps comprise a substantially tubular, translucent body formed from a material comprising sintered polycrystalline alumina. The body has an inside diameter and an outside diameter and a given length. A fill comprising sodium and xenon are loaded within the body. At least one end-seal is provided for the body, the end-seal comprising a first alumina disc sealed within the inside diameter by compression, the first disc being spaced inwardly from an end of the body and having a substantially centrally located aperture therein. A second alumina disc seals the aperture, the second disc being bonded to the first disc and to the inner wall of the body by a sealing frit.
摘要:
A new and improved bonded ceramic-metal article and the method of making the article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material to form a bonded ceramic-metal article. The method of bonding the ceramic article to the metal article comprises placing the brazing alloy, such as a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 63% by weight silver, 35.25% by weight copper, and 1.75% by weight titanium, between the lanthana-strengthened yttria article and the niobium article and heating the layered structure in vacuum at about 50 degrees centigrade above the liquidus temperature of the brazing alloy for a period of about 5 minutes. Another method of bonding the ceramic article comprises coating a surface of the lanthana-strengthened yttria article with a group IVB metal, such as titanium, hafnium, and zirconium then placing a different brazing alloy, such as a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 72% by weight silver and 28% by weight copper or a brazing alloy consisting essentially of 82% by weight gold and 18% by weight nickel, between the coated lanthana-strengthened yttria article and the niobium article and heating the layered structure in vacuum at about 50 degrees centigrade above the liquidus temperature of the brazing alloy for a period of about 5 minutes.
摘要:
A thermal shock apparatus comprises a hot gas stream impinging means, a hot gas stream impinging control means, a positioning means for the hot gas stream impinging means, and a sample holding means. A sample is subjected to an essentially instantaneous impingement of a hot gas stream upon a predetermined area of the sample when a heat gun is moved past heat deflection foils and positioned above the sample causing a thermal shock within the sample.
摘要:
An improved process for producing a translucent polycrystalline alumina body comprising sintering a prefired compacted green body of alumina of predetermined shape is disclosed. The green body of alumina includes alumina doped with one or more sintering aids. The method of the present invention comprises sintering the prefired compacted green body of predetermined shape at a maximum sintering temperature in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and an amount of hydrogen greater than or equal to about 2.5 volume percent and less than 75 volume percent for a period of time sufficient to produce a translucent polycrystalline alumina body.
摘要:
A luminescent converter for a light emitting element (e.g., LED) includes a transparent, sol-gel-derived ceramic matrix having particles of at least one type of phosphor embedded therein that change a wavelength of the input light to light that has a different wavelength. The ceramic matrix is 20-80% porous with a majority of the pores having a diameter in a range of 2-20 nm. A method of making this converter includes preparing a sol-gel ceramic matrix embedded with the particles of phosphor in the matrix, and drying the matrix at no more than 600° C. to form the converter.
摘要:
There is described a brazing alloy having a first component comprising a source of molybdenum and a source of aluminum and a second component comprising boron, wherein a weight ratio of said second component to said first component is not greater than 1:20. The addition of boron results a substantially lower melting point than alloys employing molybdenum and aluminum alone. It is suitable for use in discharge vessels having a hollow bodies selected from the group of monocrystalline alumina, polycrystalline alumina and aluminum nitride; metallic electrode holders fitted into ends of the hollow body; and sealed thereto by a braze.