Abstract: In a method of dust-free and vacuum-tight interconnecting of ceramic aluminum-oxide components in a protective gas atmosphere the components are interconnected by heating and the use of a solder. Soldering the components is effected in a protective gas consisting of a mixture of air and nitrogen. A copper/silver solder from which individual constituents diffuse into the surfaces of the components during the soldering procedure is used as the soldering material.

Abstract: A cold crucible for melting and crystallizing non-metallic inorganic compounds having a cooled crucible wall in the form of metal pipes through which cooling medium flows which are in mechanical connection with the bottom of the crucible through which cooling medium also flows, and having an induction coil which surrounds the wall of the crucible and via which high frequency energy can be coupled in the contents of the crucible and having a second induction coil which can be controlled independently of the induction coil surrounding the wall of the crucible and which is provided below the bottom of the crucible, and having a crucible bottom consisting of a dielectric material.

Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises an optical system which is coupled to a diaphragm an which couples light emitted by a transmitting light guide into two receiving light guides depending on the deflection of the diaphragm. In order to enable the pressure values thus detected to be measured by means of a simple circuit, the transmitting light guide and the receiving light guides are arranged parallel to the diaphragm and the optical system is constructed as a focusing system, preferably a spherical lens arranged to be movable by the diaphragm 11 in a direction perpendicular to this diaphragm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the force-coupled and vacuum-tight bonding of components of ceramic material together or to metallic components by means of thermocompression while using a soldering material in the form of an AlMgZn alloy provided between the components to be bonded prior to the thermocompression process. The soldering material used consists preferably of an aluminum-zinc-magnesium alloy having 95% by weight of Al, 4% by weight of Zn and 1% by weight of Mg.

Abstract: A differential pressure transducer having a body of insulating material on which film electrodes are fixed, two diaphragms made of insulating material, and two film electrodes on the inner sides of the respective diaphragms facing the body. The diaphragms and the body together form cavities which are filled with an incompressible liquid, and the film electrodes of the body and of the diaphragms form capacitances which are dependent on the diaphragm deflection. The transducer is especially suitable for the measurement of the flow rate of explosive liquids or gasses.