A gasket seal that has particular application for hermetically sealing a helium gas-tight joint for a cryogenic application on a spacecraft. The gasket seal is made of a metal, such as titanium, vanadium, zirconium, erbium or alloys thereof, and/or has an elastic modulus in the range of 0.5-0.7 relative to stainless steel and a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 0.5-0.8 relative to stainless steel.
ROBUST METALLIC GASKET FOR LEAK TIGHT FITTINGS IN CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONS
2017-02-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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