Changes

The firing preparations in liquid or paste form are widely used in electrical and electronic engineering and especially in the thick-film technology (<xr id="tab:Liquid Silver Preparations for Firing Application (ARGONOR)"/><!--(Table 8.2)-->). The precious metal filler material is mostly pure silver because of its high electrical conductivity. During firing in an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures between 400 and 850°C a well adhering and highly conductive surface layer is formed.

When utilizing screen printing techniques any shapes of conductive patterns can be created (<xr id="fig:Solar cell with print pattern of ARGONOR N920"/><!--(Fig. 8.2)-->) resulting in conductive paths with good electrical properties and high temperature stability.