HOT ISOSTATICALLY COMPRESSED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SEAL

The invention provides a method of manufacturing an electrochemical cell housing wherein a beta-alumina tube has an open end attached to a casing via an alpha-alumina ring. In the method the alpha-alumina ring is thermocompression bonded to a metal ring by hot isostatic pressing, the alpha-alumina r...

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Main Authors PETER RAYMOND SMITH, WALTER GEORGE BUGDEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.11.1987
Edition4
Subjects
ARTIFICIAL STONE
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CEMENTS
CERAMICS
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS
CONCRETE
ELECTRICITY
LIME, MAGNESIA
METALLURGY
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
REFRACTORIES
SLAG
TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
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Summary:The invention provides a method of manufacturing an electrochemical cell housing wherein a beta-alumina tube has an open end attached to a casing via an alpha-alumina ring. In the method the alpha-alumina ring is thermocompression bonded to a metal ring by hot isostatic pressing, the alpha-alumina ring is then glass welded to the open end of the tube, and the metal ring is metal welded to the casing. The invention also provides a cell housing wherein a beta-alumina tube is located in spaced relationship within a metal casing. The tube is glass welded to an alpha-alumina ring which is thermocompression bonded on a curved radially facing surface thereof to a metal ring, the metal ring being metal welded to the casing.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB19870009392