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Symposium on Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering General Session held during the 229th Meeting of The Electrochemical-Society, California, United States Of America, 29 May - 02 June 2016, vol.72, pp.55-64
The integration of germanium to other materials such as Kovar (R) (registered trademark of Carpenter Technology Corporation), an Fe-Ni-Co alloy, by soldering requires a surface preparation due to poor wetting characteristics of germanium. Coating (metallization) by successive electroplating of 3 mm wide nickel and gold frames well adhered to the outer edge of a circular germanium window and kovar body was applied to attain successful joining of germanium to kovar.