Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing a synthetic opaque quartz glass where flame processing can be performed in high purity with a simple way and even a large sized one can be produced, and the synthetic opaque quartz glass. A method for producing a synthetic opaque quartz glass which comprises the step of heating and burning a quartz glass porous body under a pressure of from 0.15 MPa to 1000 MPa at a temperature of from 1200° C. to 2000° C. The quartz glass porous body is prepared by depositing quartz glass particles which are produced by hydrolyzing a silicon compound with an oxyhydrogen flame.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an amorphous silicon dioxide thin film having a low refractive index and physical strength such as high flaw resistance. SOLUTION: The amorphous silicon dioxide thin film is transparent, and comprises many fine voids in the inside. Its refractive index (refractive index of light satisfying λ=500 nm) lies in the range of 1.01 to 1.40, and the diameter of the fine voids accounting for ≥80 vol.% of the whole fine void is ≤5 nm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a homogeneous opaque glass containing no crystalline substance. SOLUTION: A known manufacturing process for an opaque quartz glass material comprises steps wherein a suspension comprising SiO 2 particles and a liquid is prepared, the suspension is homogenized, the suspension is injected into a mold, the suspension is dried, a porous base made of the suspension is formed and the base is sintered to form the quartz glass material. Based on the process, an improved process which is inexpensive and highly reproducible is developed to realize high purity and markedly homogenous, high porosity. In the improved process, at least a portion of the particles are porous particles formed from aggregates of amorphous, synthetically prepared, nanometer-scaled SiO 2 primary particles having an average primary particle size of ≤100 nm, the porous particles having particle sizes of ≤1mm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method for preparing a glass having bimodal macroporous and mesoporous porosity, consisting of subjecting a macroporous glass to pseudomorphic transformation. The present invention also concerns said glass prepared in this way and optionally functionalised, as well as the different uses thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a single-crystal silicon pulling silica container comprising: a transparent layer made of transparent silica glass in the inner side of the silica container; and an opaque layer made of opaque silica glass containing gaseous bubbles in the outer side of the silica container, wherein the transparent layer is constituted of a high-OH group layer that is placed on an inner surface side of the silica container and contains the OH group at a concentration of 200 to 2000 ppm by mass and a low-OH group layer that has the OH group concentration lower than that of the high-OH group layer, and the high-OH group layer contains Ba at a concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by mass. As a result, in a case where the silica container is used for pulling single-crystal silicon, there can be provided the silica container that can greatly improve etching resistance (corrosion resistance) of the container inner surface to silicon melt when the entire inner surface made of transparent silica glass of the container is finely crystallized (turned to glass ceramics) in a short time after start of using the container and also provided a method for producing such a silica container.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a quartz glass body (Q) from a gel body, wherein the gel body generated from a colloidal suspension (S) is at least formed and compressed into the quartz glass body (Q). According to the invention, displacement bodies (V) are added to the colloidal suspension (S) prior to gelating into the gel body, and are completely removed from the gel body after gelating, wherein hollow spaces (H) are generated at the positions of the removed displacement bodies (V), so that a translucent or opaque quartz glass body (Q) is generated. The invention further relates to a gel body for producing a quartz glass body (Q), wherein displacement bodies (V) are introduced into the gel body that can be completely removed from the gel body, so that hollow spaces (H) arise at the positions of the displacement bodies (V). The invention further relates to a quartz glass body comprising vacuoles or hollow spaces (H) filled with gas.
Abstract:
In order to provide a vitreous silica crucible which does not employ a crystallization accelerator but is difficult to deform during its use even under high temperature, and is easily manufactured, there is provided a vitreous silica crucible for pulling single-crystal silicon wherein the outer surface layer is formed of a bubble-containing vitreous silica layer, the inner surface layer is formed of a vitreous silica layer whose bubbles are invisible to the naked eye, a surface of the outer surface layer includes an unmelted or half-melted silica layer (abbreviated as a half-melted silica layer), and the center line average roughness (Ra) of the half-melted silica layer is 50 to 200 µm, also preferably, and the thickness of the half-melted silica layer is 0.5 to 2.0 mm.