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Fabrication of glass microspheres with conducting surfaces

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OSTI ID:6314975

A method for making hollow glass microspheres with conducting surfaces by adding a conducting vapor to a region of the glass fabrication furnace. As droplets or particles of glass forming material pass through multiple zones of different temperature in a glass fabrication furnace, and are transformed into hollow glass microspheres, the microspheres pass through a region of conducting vapor, forming a conducting coating on the surface of the microspheres.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4459145
OSTI ID:
6314975
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English