Apparatus and method for analyzing particles

    公开(公告)号:US10852248B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-01

    申请号:US16523226

    申请日:2019-07-26

    摘要: One aspect is an apparatus for analyzing particles a capillary as a measuring cell with a hollow channel for receiving or passing through a test sample containing the particles includes a light source for generating a light beam, an optical device for coupling the light beam into the hollow channel at an input point for the purpose of illuminating the test sample, and a detector for detecting scattered light exiting the hollow channel. In one aspects, the hollow channel has an internal diameter DH in the range of 10 μm to 60 μm, that the light beam has a radial light intensity distribution with a minimum beam diameter DL, wherein the following applies to the diameter ratio DL/DH: 0.05

    Method for producing a pore-containing opaque quartz glass

    公开(公告)号:US10358373B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15602919

    申请日:2017-05-23

    IPC分类号: C03B19/06 C03B20/00

    摘要: A method for producing a pore-containing opaque quartz glass includes: (a) producing porous SiO2 granulate particles from synthetically produced SiO2, (b) thermally densifying the SiO2 granulate particles to form partly densified SiO2 granulate particles, (c) forming a dispersion from the partly densified SiO2 granulate particles, (d) comminuting the partly densified SiO2 granulate particles to form a slip containing comminuted SiO2 granulate particles, (e) shaping the slip into a shaped body and forming a porous SiO2 green body with a green density rG, and (f) sintering the SiO2 green body into opaque quartz glass. To produce opaque quartz glass that is also suited for the use of spray granulate, during step (b), partly densified SiO2 granulate particles are produced with a specific surface BET-(A) between 0.025 and 2.5 m2/g, and during step (d), comminuted SiO2 granulate particles are produced with a specific surface BET-(B) between 4 and 10 m2/g.

    Method for producing a tube of glass

    公开(公告)号:US10315947B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15647881

    申请日:2017-07-12

    摘要: A method for forming a hollow cylinder, in a single step, into a quartz glass tube with a large outer diameter and high dimensional stability is provided. To produce the tube, the cylinder, while rotating, is softened in portions in a heating zone which is moved at a relative feed rate Va and the softened portion is radially expanded by a centrifugal force and/or internal overpressure applied in the hollow cylinder bore so as to form a deformation zone. The radial expansion of the softened portion is carried out at a location-dependent radial expansion rate Vr, the profile of which along the deformation zone has a maximum value Vr,max which is smaller than 20 cm/min. The temperature in a rear heating portion of the heating zone, assigned to the end of the deformation zone, is lower than in a front heating portion assigned to the beginning of the deformation zone.

    PREPARATION OF AN OPAQUE QUARTZ GLASS BODY
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190092674A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16062303

    申请日:2016-12-16

    IPC分类号: C03B19/06 C03C3/06 C03C1/02

    摘要: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate, and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The size of the quartz glass body is reduced to obtain a quartz glass grain. The quartz glass body is processed to make a preform and an opaque quartz glass body is made from the preform. One aspect further relates to an opaque quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a reactor and an arrangement, which are each obtainable by further processing of the opaque quartz glass body.

    PREPARATION OF QUARTZ GLASS BODIES FROM SILICON DIOXIDE GRANULATE

    公开(公告)号:US20190062197A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16061558

    申请日:2016-12-16

    摘要: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body comprising the process steps i.) Providing a silicon dioxide granulate obtainable from a silicon dioxide powder, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate has a larger particle size than the silicon dioxide powder, ii.) Making a glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate and iii.) Making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt, wherein the melting crucible has at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein at least part of the glass melt is removed via the melting crucible outlet. The invention further relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. The invention further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body.

    QUARTZ GLASS COMPONENT OF HIGH THERMAL STABILITY, SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190010073A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16030179

    申请日:2018-07-09

    IPC分类号: C03B20/00 C03B32/02

    摘要: In a known method for producing a quartz glass component, a crystal formation layer containing a crystallization promoter is produced on a coating surface of a base body of quartz glass. Starting therefrom, to provide a method for producing a quartz glass component of improved thermal strength and long-term stability which displays a comparatively small deformation particularly also in the case of rapid heating-up processes, it is suggested according to one aspect that a porous crystal formation layer containing amorphous SiO2 particles is produced with a mean thickness in the range of 0.1 to 5 mm, and that a substance which contains cesium and/or rubidium is used as the crystallization promoter.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE OF A CYLINDRICAL OPTICAL OBJECT, PARTICULARLY A PREFORM FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER

    公开(公告)号:US20180113052A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-26

    申请号:US15785690

    申请日:2017-10-17

    IPC分类号: G01M11/00 G01M11/02

    摘要: A method for determining the refractive index profile of a preform is provided. The method involves: preparing the measured deflection angle distribution, including an extreme value determination of the deflection angle distribution, to obtain a prepared deflection angle distribution; transforming the prepared deflection angle distribution into a prepared refractive-index profile; evaluating the prepared refractive-index profile for the fixation of orientation values for the layer radius and for the layer refractive index of a hypothetical refractive index profile; generating a simulated deflection angle distribution on the basis of the hypothetical refractive-index profile with the orientation values, and transforming the deflection angle distribution into a simulated refractive-index profile; fitting the simulated refractive index profile to the prepared refractive-index profile by iterative adaptation of parameters to obtain a fitted, simulated refractive-index profile which is defined by adapted parameters, and obtaining the refractive index profile as the hypothetical refractive-index profile with the adapted parameters.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TUBE OF GLASS
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170327403A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-16

    申请号:US15647881

    申请日:2017-07-12

    摘要: A method for forming a hollow cylinder, in a single step, into a quartz glass tube with a large outer diameter and high dimensional stability is provided. To produce the tube, the cylinder, while rotating, is softened in portions in a heating zone which is moved at a relative feed rate Va and the softened portion is radially expanded by a centrifugal force and/or internal overpressure applied in the hollow cylinder bore so as to form a deformation zone. The radial expansion of the softened portion is carried out at a location-dependent radial expansion rate Vr, the profile of which along the deformation zone has a maximum value Vr,max which is smaller than 20 cm/min. The temperature in a rear heating portion of the heating zone, assigned to the end of the deformation zone, is lower than in a front heating portion assigned to the beginning of the deformation zone.