Abstract:
Disclosed is an optical fiber having attenuation of less than 0.25 dB/km at wavelength of 1550 nanometers. The optical fiber is formed from quartz deposition tubes that have been heat treated at between 900°C and 1200°C for at least 115 hours.
Abstract:
For a substrate having fine convexoconcave patterns on its surface, the dimensions of the convexoconcave patterns in a vertical direction of a quartz glass substrate are controlled to be uniform with extreme accuracy and over the entire substrate surface. The quartz glass substrate is made to have a fictive temperature distribution of at most 4O°C and a halogen concentration of less than 400 ppm, or a fictive temperature distribution of at most 4O°C, a halogen concentration of at least 400ppm and a halogen concentration distribution of at most 400ppm and the etching rate of the surface of the quartz glass substrate is made uniform, whereby the dimensions of the convexoconcave patterns in a vertical direction of the quartz glass substrate are controlled to be uniform with good accuracy and over the entire substrate surface.
Abstract:
Process for the production of monoliths by means of the sol-gel process, comprising the following steps: a. hydrolysis of an alkoxide in aqueous solution to form a hydrolysate and optionally evaporation to optimum concentration of the same, b. addition of an oxide prepared by the pyrogenic route, c. mixing of the hydrolysate of the alkoxide with the oxide prepared by the pyrogenic route to form a colloidal sol, d. optional removal of coarse contents from the colloidal sol, e. gelling of the colloidal sol in a mould, f. optional replacement of the water contained in the resulting aerogel by an organic solvent, g. drying of the aerogel, h. heat treatment of the dried aerogel, the coarse content being removed from the colloidal sol.
Abstract:
Granules based on silicon dioxide and having the properties : Average grain size: 10 to 120 μm BET surface area: 40 to 400 m2/g Pore volume: 0.5 to 2.5 ml/g Pore size distribution: less than 5 % of the total pore volume exists of pores with a diameter
Abstract:
Process for the production of monoliths by means of the sol-gel process, comprising the following steps:
a. hydrolysis of an alkoxide in aqueous solution to form a hydrolysate and optionally evaporation to optimum concentration of the same, b. addition of an oxide prepared by the pyrogenic route, c. mixing of the hydrolysate of the alkoxide with the oxide prepared by the pyrogenic route to form a colloidal sol, d. optional removal of coarse contents from the colloidal sol, e. gelling of the colloidal sol in a mould, f. optional replacement of the water contained in the resulting aerogel by an organic solvent, g. drying of the aerogel, h. heat treatment of the dried aerogel, the coarse content being removed from the colloidal sol.
Abstract:
Subjects for the invention are to obtain a quartz powder having a high purity and high quality and a process for producing the same and to obtain a glass molding formed by melting and molding the powder and extremely reduced in bubble inclusion. The invention provides a quartz powder, preferably a synthetic quartz powder obtained by the sol-gel method, which, upon heating from room temperature to 1, 700°C, generates gases in which the amount of CO is 300 nl/g or smaller and the amount of CO 2 is 30 nl/g or smaller.
Abstract:
A synthetic quartz glass to be used for vacuum ultraviolet lights having a wavelength of 175 nm or less which is characterized in that it has an OH group content of 100 ppm or less and is substantially free of reducing type defects.
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.