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Silver or gold coatings on glass

1998

Dear Sirs,

I am looking for a supplier being able to make silver or gold coatings on glass for soldering. Is this your field of expertise ?

Best regards,

M. Kautz
- Jena, Germany

1998

Herr Kautz,

In the vacuum deposition industry this is commonly done by depositing a "glue layer" of titanium or chromium on the glass followed by a soldering layer of copper with perhaps a flash of gold. Look for someone doing contact coating by vacuum deposition in you area. One group is Tricon GMBH in Freiburg, Germany.

Donald M. Mattox
Society of Vacuum Coaters
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Donald is the author of:
"Handbook of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processing" (2010) [on AbeBooks or eBay or Amazon affil links]
and "The Foundations of Vacuum Coating Technology" (2018) on AbeBooks or eBay or Amazon affil links]

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