PRODUCTION OF ARTICLE COMPRISING REFRACTORY DIELECTRIC SUBSTANCE

    公开(公告)号:JPH11255530A

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-21

    申请号:JP27384898

    申请日:1998-09-28

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce both a surface impurity and a bulk impurity approximately without removing the surface of a refractory dielectric substance. SOLUTION: A refractory dielectric substance is heated by a plasma fire ball 12 under conditions capable of not causing the removal of a considerable amount of the surface part of a refractory dielectric substance 20 and sufficiently reducing both a surface impurity and a bulk impurity. Isothermal oxygen or an oxygen-containing plasma is used. At least 30% of a chlorine impurity at least 10 μm in depth can be reduced while simultaneously removing a hydroxyl group impurity. Consequently the concentration of an impurity to be a cause of a defect in the drawing treatment of a fiber from a preform can be reduced without requiring the removal of a considerable amount of the preform from the surface.

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