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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 346280, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/346280
Research Article

Development of Alternative Glass Ceramic Seal for a Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

P. Lemes-Rachadel,1 H. Birol,1,2 A. P. N. Oliveira,1 and D. Hotza3

1Department of Mechanical Engineering (EMC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
2CSEM Brasil Innovation Center, 30170-020 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
3Department of Chemical Engineering (EQA), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Received 16 July 2012; Revised 12 September 2012; Accepted 29 September 2012

Academic Editor: Meilin Liu

Copyright © 2012 P. Lemes-Rachadel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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