Feasibility on Fillers for Bismate Glass System Used for Etching Process in Barrier-Ribs

It is suggested that the bismate glass system is one of alternatives to the lead glass for barrier-ribs in PDP. Moreover it is necessary to investigate the resultant change in properties with addition of ceramic fillers. Glass frit was selected to be a $Bi_2O_3-ZnO-B_2O_3-Al_2O_3$ and two fillers, ZnO and $Al_2O_3$ were added into a glass matrix with the different content. We investigated thermal, chemical properties of bismate glass system with two different fillers. We confirmed that addition of fillers effects properties of composites such as the thermal expansion coefficient, etching mechanism.