Abstract:
A transparent polycrystalline body having high ultraviolet transmissivity is provided. The body is preferably a sintered magnesia-alumina spinel body having a transmittance of at least 85 percent in the wavelength range from 0.4 microns to 0.8 microns and a transmittance at some wavelength in the wavelength range between about 0.2 and about 0.4 microns of at least about 86 percent and a porosity of less than about 0.001 percent. The sintered body is produced by a two-step method comprising forming a closed porosity body from a spinel powder and subjecting the closed porosity body to a hot isostatic pressure treatment. The resulting body has high transmissivity of electromagnetic radiation in the range between about 0.2 microns and about 6 microns, is resistant to abrasion or erosion, does not substantially deteriorate after exposure to ultraviolet light, and has high strength. The sintered body is useful in a variety of applications, including as a dome and window for missiles and launch tubes.
Abstract:
Le corps polycristallin ayant un facteur élevé de transmission des ultraviolets est de préférence un corps fritté en spinelle d'alumine-magnésie ayant un facteur de transmission d'au moins 85 % dans la gamme des longueurs d'ondes comprises entre 0,4 et 0,8 microns et un facteur de transmission à certaines longueurs d'ondes dans cette gamme entre 0,2 environ et 0,4 microns environ d'au moins 86 % environ et une porosité inférieure à 0,001 % environ. Le corps fritté est produit par un procédé en deux étapes consistant à former un corps à porosité fermée à partir d'une poudre de spinelle et à soumettre le corps à porosité fermée à un traitement chaud sous pression isostatique. Le corps obtenu possède un facteur de transmission élevé d'un rayonnement électromagnétique dans la plage comprise entre 0,2 microns et 6 microns environ, est résistant à l'abrasion ou à l'érosion, ne se détériore pratiquement pas après avoir été exposé à la lumière ultraviolette, et est très solide. Le corps fritté est utile dans une grande variété d'applications, y compris en temps que dôme et fenêtre pour des missiles et des tubes de lancement.
Abstract:
A transparent polycrystalline body having high ultraviolet transmissivity is provided. The body is preferably a sintered magnesia-alumina spinel body having a transmittance of at least 85 percent in the wavelength range from 0.4 microns to 0.8 microns and a transmittance at some wavelength in the wavelength range between about 0.2 and about 0.4 microns of at least about 86 percent and a porosity of less than about 0.001 percent. The sintered body is produced by a two-step method comprising forming a closed porosity body from a spinel powder and subjecting the closed porosity body to a hot isostatic pressure treatment. The resulting body has high transmissivity of electromagnetic radiation in the range between about 0.2 microns and about 6 microns, is resistant to abrasion or erosion, does not substantially deteriorate after exposure to ultraviolet light, and has high strength. The sintered body is useful in a variety of applications, including as a dome and window for missiles and launch tubes.