Fabrication of precision glass shells by joining glass rods
Abstract
A method for making uniform spherical shells. The present invention allows niform hollow spheres to be made by first making a void in a body of material. The material is heated so that the viscosity is sufficiently low so that the surface tension will transform the void into a bubble. The bubble is allowed to rise in the body until it is spherical. The excess material is removed from around the void to form a spherical shell with a uniform outside diameter.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Santa Fe, NM
- Rolla, MO
- Lincoln, MA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866505
- Patent Number(s):
- 4726829
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fabrication; precision; glass; shells; joining; rods; method; uniform; spherical; allows; niform; hollow; spheres; void; material; heated; viscosity; sufficiently; surface; tension; transform; bubble; allowed; rise; excess; removed; form; shell; outside; diameter; spherical shell; spherical shells; outside diameter; hollow spheres; surface tension; glass shell; uniform outside; glass rod; niform hollow; hollow sphere; /65/
Citation Formats
Gac, Frank D, Blake, Rodger D, Day, Delbert E, and Haggerty, John S. Fabrication of precision glass shells by joining glass rods. United States: N. p., 1988.
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Gac, Frank D, Blake, Rodger D, Day, Delbert E, & Haggerty, John S. Fabrication of precision glass shells by joining glass rods. United States.
Gac, Frank D, Blake, Rodger D, Day, Delbert E, and Haggerty, John S. Fri .
"Fabrication of precision glass shells by joining glass rods". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/866505.
@article{osti_866505,
title = {Fabrication of precision glass shells by joining glass rods},
author = {Gac, Frank D and Blake, Rodger D and Day, Delbert E and Haggerty, John S},
abstractNote = {A method for making uniform spherical shells. The present invention allows niform hollow spheres to be made by first making a void in a body of material. The material is heated so that the viscosity is sufficiently low so that the surface tension will transform the void into a bubble. The bubble is allowed to rise in the body until it is spherical. The excess material is removed from around the void to form a spherical shell with a uniform outside diameter.},
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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
}
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