Abstract: For the production of a composite glass powder of any particle size from a fine particle size, multi-component mixture of a low-melting glass powder, fillers, and additives, the fine particle size, multicomponent mixture is sintered for 10-60 minutes at a temperature at which the base glass has a viscosity of 10.sup.5 to 10.sup.6.5 dPas, and the resultant sintered cake is ground to a powder of the desired particle size. If the multicomponent mixture comprises components decomposable with the release of gas, e.g., copper carbonate, the latter are decomposed prior to sintering at a temperature below the sintering temperature. The resultant composite glass powder containing copper oxide can be used for coating varistors.

Abstract: A biocompatible glass which can be melted using infra-red radiation contains, based on oxide, 65-68% by weight of SiO.sub.2, 0-3% by weight of Li.sub.2 O, 12-14% by weight of Na.sub.2 O, 2.5-4% by weight of K.sub.2 O, 15-17% by weight of .SIGMA. alkali metal oxides, 2-3% by weight of MgO, 4.2-5.5% by weight of CaO, 0-2% by weight of BaO, 3-4 % by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-1.0 by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 2.7-4.1% of FeO. The glass, due to its infra-red meltability and its physiological accertability, is suitable for the encapsulation of sensitive materials, such as transponders or minitransmitters, which are implanted in a living body, or as ampoule glass for melt-encapsulation of sensitive substances.

Abstract: Lead-zinc-borosilicate glass is provided having a boundary wetting angle with respect to ZnO of at most 40.degree., a processing temperature of at most 540.degree. C., a composition, consisting essentially of, in percent by weight on oxide basis, of______________________________________ 4.0-7.0 SiO.sub.2 13.0-17.0 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 43.0-50.0 PbO 24.0-29.0 ZnO 4.0-7.0 CuO 1.5-2.5 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ______________________________________and optionally 0-3 SnO.sub.2, Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 or MoO.sub.3, as well as 0-1 Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3. The glass is particularly suitable for sealing electronic components, especially varistors made of zinc oxide, as well as a sintering aid for zinc oxide ceramics, especially in the production of varistors from zinc oxide.