Abstract:
A FAMILY OF SEALING COMPOSITIONS FOR SEALING REFRACTORY METAL END CLOSURE MEMBERS TO TUBULAR POLYCRYSTALLINE ALUMINA ENVELOPES. THE SEALING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISE A MIXTURE OF ALUMINUM OXIDE AND ONE OR MORE RARE-EARTH OXIDES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF YTRIUM OXIDE, NEODYMIUM OXIDE, SAMARIUM OXIDE, GADOLINIUM OXIDE, EUROPIUM OXIDE, DYSPROSIUM OXIDE, PRASEODYMIUM OXIDE, TERBIUM OXIDE, HOLMIUM OXIDE, ERBIUM OXIDE, THULIUM OXIDE, YTTERBIUM OXIDE, AND LUTETIUM OXIDE IN NEARLY EUTECTIC PROPORTIONS.