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Melting apparatus for the synthesis of bulk ZrF/sub 4/-based fluoride glass

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA)
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  1. AT and T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (US)
Heavy-metal fluoride glasses are currently prepared by melting of the solid fluoride precursors. The authors constructed a melting facility for the synthesis of ZrF/sub 4/-based fluoride glass cullet. This stand-alone system is presented. It provides a controlled (dry and reactive) atmosphere and in situ quenching of the melts. The glass is melted in a vitreous carbon crucible, which is mounted in a silica tube flow reactor. The reactor is resistively heated with a tube furnace and purged with He and SF/sub 6/ or Cl/sub 2/. It was found that of the latter two halogenating species only Cl/sub 2/ prevents effectively the formation of black inclusions in the melt (ZrF/sub 3/ and ZrF/sub 2/ particles). With this melting apparatus they routinely melted 250-g batches of optically clear ZrF/sub 4/-BaF/sub 2/-LaF/sub 3/-AlF/sub 3/-NaF glass samples.
OSTI ID:
5214259
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (USA) Vol. 72:3; ISSN JACTA; ISSN 0002-7820
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English