Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for regenerating a quartz-glass tool and a doped quartz-glass tool by completely removing the impurities adhered to the surface of the quartz-glass tool after use in a semiconductor process and the impurities diffused in the inside of the tool, then machining and repairing the tool, and further removing contamination in the above machining step. SOLUTION: The technique includes a purifying treatment step, in which the quartz-glass tool after use is subjected to a purifying treatment at a temperature not lower than a prescribed temperature in a gas atmosphere containing a halogen element. In the purifying treatment step, impurities are removed from the quartz-glass tool. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
To provide a technique with which a quartz glass jig and a doped quartz glass jig are regenerated by completely removing the impurities which are attached to the surface and the impurities which have diffused into the interior from quartz glass jigs which have been used in semiconductor production processes and then carrying out working repair and removing the contamination from the working processes as well. After use, the impurities are removed from the aforementioned quartz glass jigs in the said purification treatment process which includes a purification treatment process in which the quartz glass jigs are subjected to a purification treatment in a gaseous atmosphere which includes a halogen element at a temperature within the region above a prescribed temperature.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the production of a silica vessel which comprises both a base body that contains bubbles in the outer peripheral portion and an inner layer that consists of transparent silica glass and that is formed on the inner surface of the base body. The process comprises: preparing a base body-forming raw material powder that has a total concentration of Li, Na and K of 50wt.ppm or less and an inner layer-forming raw material powder that contains Ca, Sr and Ba in a total amount of 50 to 2000wt.ppm; forming a preform for the base body in a mold; forming a preform for the inner layer on the inner surface of the perform for the base body; and heating the thus-obtained composite preform in a gaseous atmosphere that contains hydrogen, helium, or a mixture of both in an amount exceeding 10vol% by an electric discharge heating-melting method from the inside of the composite preform to convert the outer peripheral portion of the preform for the base body into a sintered body and to convert the inner peripheral portion of the preform for the base body and the preform for the inner layer into a molten glass body. Thus, both a process by which a silica vessel with high dimensional accuracy and high heat resistance can be produced at a low cost and such a silica vessel are provide
Abstract:
A preparation method of rare earth ions doped alkali metal silicate luminescent glass is provided. The steps involves: step 1, mixing the source compounds of cerium, terbium and alkali metals and putting the mixture into solvent to get a mixed solution; step 2, impregnating the nanometer micropores glass with the mixed solution obtained in step 1; step 3: calcining the impregnated nanometer micropores glass obtained in step 2 in a reducing atmosphere, cooling to room temperature, then obtaining the cerium and terbium co-doped alkali metal silicate luminescent glass. Besides, the rare earth ions doped alkali metal silicate luminescent glass prepared with aforesaid method is also provided. In the prepared luminescent glass, cerium ions can transmit absorbed energy to terbium ions under the excitation of UV light due to the co-doping of cerium ions. As a result, the said luminescent glass has higher luminous intensity than the glass only doped with terbium.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the production of a silica vessel which comprises both a base body that contains bubbles in the outer peripheral portion and an inner layer that consists of transparent silica glass and that is formed on the inner surface of the base body. The process comprises: preparing a base body-forming raw material powder that has a total concentration of Li, Na and K of 50wt.ppm or less and an inner layer-forming raw material powder that contains Ca, Sr and Ba in a total amount of 50 to 2000wt.ppm; forming a preform for the base body in a mold; forming a preform for the inner layer on the inner surface of the perform for the base body; and heating the thus-obtained composite preform in a gaseous atmosphere that contains hydrogen, helium, or a mixture of both in an amount exceeding 10vol% by an electric discharge heating-melting method from the inside of the composite preform to convert the outer peripheral portion of the preform for the base body into a sintered body and to convert the inner peripheral portion of the preform for the base body and the preform for the inner layer into a molten glass body. Thus, both a process by which a silica vessel with high dimensional accuracy and high heat resistance can be produced at a low cost and such a silica vessel are provide
Abstract:
An improved sol-gel process is disclosed for the making of large synthetic silica based bioactive materials objects crack-free. A series of ordered mesoporous SiO 2 -CaO-P 2 O 5 sol-gel glasses which are highly bioactive has been synthesized through a sol-gel process. The mesoporous glasses are highly bioactive compared with conventional ones, due to the increased textural characteristics i.e. surface area. The bioactivity tests point out that the surface area, porosity, and 3D-structure become more important than chemical composition during the apatite crystallization stage in these materials, due to the very high textural parameters obtained. The product is intended to be used for tissue engineering applications.
Abstract:
A known quartz glass crucible for crystal pulling consists of a crucible wall, having an outer layer which is provided in an external area thereof with a crystallisation promoter which results in crystallisation of quartz glass, forming cristobalite when the quartz glass crucible is heated according to specified use in crystal pulling. The aim of the invention is to provide a quartz glass crucible which has a long service life. As a result, the crystallisation promoter contains, in addition to a silicon, a first component which acts as a reticulating agent in quartz glass and a second component which is free of alkali metals and which acts as an agent forming separating points in quartz glass. The above mentioned components are contained and incorporated into a doping area (8) of the outer layer (6) having a layer thickness of more than 0.2mm.