Abstract:
A method for producing silica particles comprising freezing a hydrous silica gel, thawing the frozen gel and removing the water having been separated from the gel by thawing, to thereby dehydrate the hydrous silica gel and provide silica particles; a method for producing a synthetic quartz powder comprising washing and then burning the above silica particles; a method for producing a synthetic quartz powder comprising removing alkaline components from water glass, adding an oxidizing agent and an acid, passing the resultant mixture through a proton type cation exchange resin, and then gelating the resultant solution, followed by washing and firing; and a method for producing a quartz glass comprising holding a silica at 150 to 400 DEG C, 500 to 700 DEG C, and then 1100 to 1300 DEG C, for specific times, respectively.
Abstract:
A process for producing a high purity synthetic quartz powder, which comprises producing the synthetic quartz with a sol-gel method using a tetramethoxysilane whose trimethoxymethylsilane content is not more than 0.3 % by weight.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a light conductor having a sleeve M1 and one or more cores, wherein the sleeve M1 encloses the cores. Each core has a refraction index profile perpendicular to the maximum core expansion, wherein at least one refraction index n K of each refraction index profile is greater than the refraction index n M1 of the sleeve M1. The sleeve M1 consists of silicon dioxide and has an OH content of less than 10 ppm, a chlorine content of less than 60 ppm, and an aluminum content of less than 200 ppb. The invention further relates to a silicon dioxide granulate I, characterized by a chlorine content of less than 200 ppm and an aluminum content of less than 200 ppb, each relative to the total weight of the silicon dioxide granulate I. The invention further relates to a silicon dioxide granulate II, characterized by a chlorine content of less than 500 ppm and an aluminum content of less than 200 ppb. The invention further relates to a method for producing silicon dioxide granulates I and II according to the invention and for producing a quartz glass body, a light conductor, and a fiber optic cable.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a silica glass article, involving method steps i.) providing a silica granulate that can be obtained from a silica powder, the silica granulate having a larger particle size than the silica powder, ii.) forming a glass melt from the silica granulate, and iii.) forming a silica glass article from at least some of the glass melt, the melting crucible comprising at least one inlet and an outlet, at least some of the glass melt being removed through the outlet in the melting crucible. The invention further relates to a silica glass article that can be obtained by said method. The invention also relates to an optical waveguide, an illuminant and a molded article, each of which can be obtained by further processing the silica glass article.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a quartz glass granulate, comprising the method steps of: i.) providing silicon dioxide granules from a silicon dioxide powder produced pyrogenically, ii.) forming a glass melt from said silicon dioxide granules, iii.) forming a quartz glass body from at least one part of the glass melt, and iv.) comminuting the quartz glass body so as to obtain a quartz glass granulate. The invention also relates to a quartz glass granulate obtained using this method. The invention likewise relates to opaque quartz glass bodies obtainable by processing the quartz glass granulate further.
Abstract:
Beschrieben wird ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von synthetischem Quarzglas. Darüber hinaus wird eine Polyalkylsiloxanverbindung, die einen Chlorgehalt bis 550 ppb, einen Gehalt an metallischen Verunreinigungen an Chrom und Zink bis 25 ppb und vorzugsweise einen Restfeuchtegehalt bis 150 ppm aufweist, sowie deren Verwendung zur Herstellung von synthetischem Quarzglas. Beschrieben wird ein synthetisches Quarzglas, welches nach dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren erhalten wird.
Abstract:
The production of quartz glass granules comprises the granulation of pyrogenically produced silicic acid and the formation of a SiO 2 granulate (9), the drying and cleaning of the SiO 2 granulate (9) by heating in an atmosphere containing halogen, and the vitrification of the SiO 2 granulate (9) under a treatment gas which contains at least 30% by volume of helium and/or hydrogen. This process is time-consuming and expensive. In order to provide a method which, starting from a porous SiO 2 granulate (9), allows the cost-effective production of dense, synthetic quartz glass granules suitable for melting bubble-free components of quartz glass, the invention proposes that the cleaning and vitrification of the SiO 2 granulate (9) and a post-treatment of the vitrified quartz glass granules are carried out in each case in a rotary tube (6) of a rotary kiln (1), said rotary tube rotating about a central axis (7), wherein the rotary tube (6) comprises an inner wall made of a ceramic material during vitrification, and wherein the vitrified quartz glass granules are subjected to a post-treatment during a treatment period of at least 10 minutes in an atmosphere which contains less than 20% of helium or hydrogen at a treatment temperature of 300 °C or more.
Abstract:
A method of molding a synthetic silica glass molded body by accommodating a synthetic silica glass block in a mold provided with a pressing portion, and by pressing the block while heating, the method comprising: a step of washing the synthetic silica glass block so that a concentration of copper which is present on the surface of the synthetic silica glass block is 2 ng/cm 2 or less, and so that a concentration of aluminium thereon is 10 ng/cm 2 or less, before accommodating the synthetic silica glass block in the mold; a step of heating high purity carbon powders in which a content of copper is 40 wt.ppb or less and a content of aluminium is 100 wt.ppb or less at a temperature condition of 1200°C to 1900°C; a step of heating the mold at a temperature condition of 1700°C to 1900°C; a step of applying the high purity carbon powders after the heating step on the inner surface of the mold after the heating step, before accommodating the synthetic silica glass block in the mold; and a step of molding the synthetic silica glass block in a predetermined form by pressing the block by means of the pressing portion while heating so as to the temperature of the block can be within a hold temperature range of 1500°C to 1700°C, after accommodating the washed synthetic silica glass block in the mold.