Kovar 4J29 Nickel Precision Alloys Bar For Hard Glass Sealing Matching

Kovar 4J29 Precision Nickel Alloy Bar Strip Plate for Hard Glass Sealing Matching

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Kovar is a nickelobalt ferrous alloy compositionally identical to Fernico, designed to be compatible with the thermal expansion characteristics of borosilicate glass ( /K between 30 and 200 C, to ~10 10 /K at 800 C) in order to allow direct mechanical connections over a range of temperatures. It finds application in electroplated conductors entering glass envelopes of electronic parts such as vacuum tubes (valves), X-ray and microwave tubes and some lightbulbs.
The name Kovar is often used as a general term for Fei alloys with these particular thermal expansion properties. Note the related particular Fei alloy Invar which exhibits minimum thermal expansion.

OhmAlloy-4J29was invented to meet the need for a reliable glass-to-metal seal, which is required in electronic devices such as light bulbs, vacuum tubes, cathode ray tubes, and in vacuum systems in chemistry and other scientific research. Most metals cannot seal to glass because their coefficient of thermal expansion is not the same as glass, so as the joint cools after fabrication the stresses due to the differential expansion rates of the glass and metal cause the joint to crack.

OhmAlloy-4J29 not only has thermal expansion similar to glass, but its nonlinear thermal expansion curve can often be made to match a glass, thus allowing the joint to tolerate a wide temperature range. Chemically, it bonds to glass via the intermediate oxide layer of nickel oxide and cobalt oxide; the proportion of iron oxide is low due to its reduction with cobalt. The bond strength is highly dependent on the oxide layer thickness and character. The presence of cobalt makes the oxide layer easier to melt and dissolve in the molten glass. A grey, grey-blue or grey-brown color indicates a good seal. A metallic color indicates lack of oxide, while black color indicates overly oxidized metal, in both cases leading to a weak joint.

Mainly used in electric vacuum components and emission control, shock tube, igniting tube, glass magnetron, transistors, seal plug, relay, integrated circuits lead, chassis, brackets and other housing sealing.

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Ohmalloy Material Co.,Ltd is a high-tech enterprise which specialized in making all kinds of alloy such as high resistance alloy, low-resistance copper nickel alloy, precision alloy, FeCrAl alloy and thermocouple Alloy.

Ohmalloy Material Co.,Ltd have a full production line from melting, surface cleaning, rolling and slitting, full set of testing machine and can meet all kinds of technical requirement from customer. Our product is widely used in heating equipment, big steel mill, mineral, electrical equipment, food machinery, auto industry, aerospace industry. Our product not only is popular in domestic market, but also been exported to all over the world.

Our company aims to be the best-quality alloy producer in the world. We insist on developing the more advanced alloy strip technology, to serve all the customer, improve people’s living level, make a more green earth in the future