Glass-to-metal seal formation of lithium tungstate. Due to its low thermal expansion coefficient, matched to glass, tungsten is frequently used for glass-metal bonds. Tungsten forms satisfying bonds with glasses with similar thermal expansion coefficient such as high-borosilicate glass. The surface of both the metal and glass should be smooth, without scratches. Tungsten has the lowest expansion coefficient of metals and the highest melting point. 304 Stainless steel forms bonds with glass via an intermediate layer of chromium(III) oxide and iron(III) oxide. Further reactions of chromium, forming chromium silicide dendrites, are possible. The thermal expansion coefficient of steel is however fairly different from
Melting point the same space. The Lindemann criterion states that melting is expected when the vibration root mean square amplitude exceeds a threshold value. Assuming that all atoms in a crystal vibrate with the same frequency "ν", the average thermal energy can be estimated using the equipartition theorem as where "m" is the atomic mass, "ν" is the frequency, "u" is the average vibration amplitude, "k" is the Boltzmann constant, and "T" is the absolute temperature. If the threshold value of "u" is "ca" where "c" is the Lindemann constant and "a" is the atomic spacing, then the melting point is estimated