Vacuum insulated panel with tellurium oxide and/or vanadium oxide inclusive seal
AssigneeLuxWall, Inc.
InventorScott V. Thomsen
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Abstract
A vacuum insulating panel includes may include: a first substrate; a second substrate; a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a seal provided between at least the first and second substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer and/or a second seal layer; and wherein the first seal layer may include from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, and wherein the first seal layer comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %.
Claims58
A vacuum insulating panel comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at pressure less than atmospheric pressure;
- a seal provided at least partially between at least the first and second substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer and a second seal layer;
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- wherein the first seal layer comprises from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, and wherein the first seal layer comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %.
A vacuum insulating panel comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- a plurality of spacers provided in a gap between at least the first and second substrates, wherein the gap is at pressure less than atmospheric pressure;
- a seal provided at least partially between at least the first and second substrates, the seal comprising a first seal layer, a second seal layer, and a third seal layer;
- wherein the second and third seal layers each comprise boron oxide and/or bismuth oxide;
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- wherein the first seal layer comprises from about 20-80 wt. % tellurium oxide, the tellurium oxide comprising TeO4 and TeO3, and wherein the first seal layer comprises more TeO3 than TeO4 by wt. %.
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