IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0613202
(1975-09-15)
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발명자
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- Shoup Robert D. (Painted Post NY) Wein William J. (Lowman NY)
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
- Corning Glass Works (Corning NY 02)
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| 인용정보 |
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초록
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The instant invention is directed to the production of high purity fused silica bodies by means of a three-step process. In the first step, various specifically-defined ratios of aqueous alkali metal silicates with colloidal silica or quaternary ammonium silicate are gelled with certain organic reag
The instant invention is directed to the production of high purity fused silica bodies by means of a three-step process. In the first step, various specifically-defined ratios of aqueous alkali metal silicates with colloidal silica or quaternary ammonium silicate are gelled with certain organic reagents. In the second step, the gelled silicate mass is leached in weakly acid solutions to yield bodies of very high porosity, i.e., greater than 50%, with mean pore diameters ranging between about 400A-4000A, but wherein the pore diameters are extraordinarily uniform within a particular body. Lastly, the microporous body is fired briefly at temperatures above about 1350°C. to consolidate the body to a solid transparent fused silica article having alkali metal contents less than 100 parts per million (PPM). The size of the pores, combined with the exceptional uniformity of pore sizes within an individual unit, is vital to achieve crack-free, homogeneous products.
대표청구항
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A method for producing a solid, homogeneous, transparent fused silica article having an alkali metal content less than about 100 PPM which comprises: a. preparing solutions having a pH between about 11-15 and containing about 1-12 moles SiO2/liter in solution from silicate solutions selected from th
A method for producing a solid, homogeneous, transparent fused silica article having an alkali metal content less than about 100 PPM which comprises: a. preparing solutions having a pH between about 11-15 and containing about 1-12 moles SiO2/liter in solution from silicate solutions selected from the group consisting of potassium silicate, sodium silicate, quaternary ammonium silicate, lithium polysilicate, and colloidal silica; b. combining those solutions in one of the indicated proper proportions in weight percent equivalent to: A. 50-90% potassium silicate solution and 10-50% colloidal silica solution wherein said potassium silicate solution consists essentially, by weight, of 8.3% K2O, 20.8% SiO2, balance H2O and said colloidal silica solution consists essentially, by weight, of 40% SiO2, balance H2O; B. 50-90% potassium silicate solution and/or sodium silicate solution and 10-50% quaternary ammonium silicate wherein said potassium silicate is that defined in (A), said sodium silicate consists essentially, by weight, of 6.8% Na2O, 25.3% SiO2, balance h2O, and said quateRnary ammonium silicate solution consists essentially, by weight, of 9.9% quaternary ammonium ions, 45% SiO2, balance H2O; C. 50-90% potassium silicate solution and/or sodium silicate solution and 10-50% lithium polysilicate solution wherein said potassium silicate solution is that defined in (A), said sodium silicate solution is that defined in (B), and said lithium polysilicate solution consists essentially, by weight, of 2.1% Li2O, 20% SiO2, balance H2O; c. reacting an organic compound therewith selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, formamide, glyoxal, methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl formate, ethyl acetate, and mixtures thereof at a temperature between the freezing point and the boiling point of the solution for a sufficient length of time to reduce the pH of the silicate solution below about 11 and to polymerize the silica into a coherent, porous gelled body; d. leaching said gelled body with a weak acid solution having a pH greater than about 4 to reduce the pH to at least below 6 to thereby yield a porosity of at least 50% with meon pore diameters ranging between 400A to 4000A and wherein at least 80% of the pores fall within ± 30% of the average pore diameter; e. consolidating said porous body into a solid, transparent body by firing at temperatures between about 1350°-1500°C.
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