Joined bodies, high-pressure discharge lamps and a method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

A joined structure and joining method of a member of a ceramics or a cermet and a member of a metal such as molybdenum, in which the members may be joined with a high strength, the joined structure has improved air-tightness and resistance to corrosion and repeated thermal cycles does not result in the fracture of the joined structure. A joined body comprises a joining portion 6 interposed between a first member, made of a metal, and a second member 4, made of a ceramics or a cermet, for joining the first and second members. The joining portion 6 comprises main phase 14 contacting the first member and an intermediate glass layer 13 existing between the second member 4 and the main phase 14. The main phase 14 is composed of a porous bone structure 15, with open pores and made of a sintered product of metal powder, and glass phase 10 impregnated into the open pores in the porous bone structure. Preferably, the intermediate glass layer 13 and impregnated glass phase 10 is composed of glasses of the substantially same composition.

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