Abstract: An incandescent lamp of the tungsten halogen type is disclosed which includes the tipped-off residue of an exhaust tube formed with a high temperature aluminosilicate glass comprising in approximate weight percent 56-63 SiO.sub.2, 13-17 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 19-24 BaO, 1-4.5 CaO, and 0-3 R.sub.2 O wherein R is an alkali metal ion, along with minor amounts of incidental impurities, residual fluxes and refining agents such that the aggregate BaO and CaO content lies within the approximate range 21-26 weight percent in order to eliminate need for the refractory metal spiral being contained within said exhaust tube in order to keep said exhaust tube open while the lamp lead-in wires are being hermetically sealed in the lamp envelope. The same glass composition can also be employed to form the entire lamp glass envelope along with the exhaust tube portion thereof with comparable results.

Abstract: Selective light absorption coatings are provided for electric lamps which comprise a transparent vitreous frit containing neodymium oxide to selectively absorb radiation in the green and yellow wavelength region of the visible spectrum while transmitting the remaining visible radiation. A preferred vitreous frit is zinc borosilicate glass containing neodymium oxide which can be fired as an enamel coating on the exterior surface of the soda-lime glass envelope customarily employed for incandescent lamps. In a different preferred embodiment, the transparent vitreous frit containing neodymium oxide is admixed with an inorganic particulate filler and said mixture electrostatically deposited on the interior surface of the lamp glass envelope.

Abstract: A novel frit glass composition is disclosed which is particularly useful to apply color coatings to the soda-lime glass envelopes of incandescent lamps. Specifically, the present glass frit can be combined with various inorganic coloring pigments to produce a colored coating when fired on the surface of the lamp glass envelope. The glass frit is a composition expressed in terms of weight percent, as calculated on the oxide basis, as follows:______________________________________ ZnO 25-31 SiO.sub.2 12-20 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 19-35 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 1-4 Na.sub.2 O 5-10 CaO 7-9 BaO 2-6 ZrO.sub.2 0.5-4 F 1-2 K.sub.

Abstract: A range of borosilicate glass compositions which are capable of sealing effectively to nickel iron alloys containing up to approximately 52% nickel to form a hermetic seal resistant to thermal shock breakage. The glass is in the composition range percent by weight of:SiO.sub.2 : 55-66Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 : 4.5-10Na.sub.2 O: 0-4K.sub.2 O: 3.5-7B.sub.2 O.sub.3 : 19.0-26.0TiO.sub.

Abstract: A novel frit glass composition is disclosed which is particularly useful to color the soda-lime glass envelopes of incandescent lamps. Specifically, the present glass frit can be combined with various colored oxides to produce the colored coating when fired on the surface of the lamp glass envelope. The glass frit has a composition expressed in terms of weight percent, based on the starting batch formulation, as follows:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 18-25 TiO.sub.2 0-5 ZrO.sub.2 7-12 ZnO 18-21 BaO 4-6 CaO 4-6 Na.sub.2 O 2-4 K.sub.2 O 6-8 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 15-22 Al.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: Copper staining of a borosilicate glass article is described which utilizes a single heating step to produce red coloration in the stained glass. The method utilizes a particular liquid slurry to coat the surface of the glass article being treated which generates copper halide vapors during a single heating step in a controlled atmosphere to produce the desired final red color. Atmosphere control is exercised with non-reducing atmosphere conditions being maintained until the alkali metal ions in the glass surface have been replaced with copper ions and which is followed by conversion to reducing atmosphere conditions to convert the substituted copper ions to the metallic state.