WIDERSTANDSELEMENT FÜR EXTREME TEMPERATUREN

摘要

An electrical resistance heating element operable at extremely high temperature, up 2300° C. when used in a vacuum or in a reducing atmosphere, and up to bout 1200° C. when used in an oxidizing atmosphere. The element is formed substantially from titanium silicon carbide (Ti₃SiC₂), which is readily workable to enable it to be produced in different forms. It also has a higher mechanical strength than that of graphite heating elements.