Method for manufacturing glass frit

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862825

Budrick, Ronald G ^[1]; King, Frank T ^[2]; Solomon, David E ^[1]

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1. Ann Arbor, MI
2. Hillsboro, OR

A method of manufacturing a glass frit for use in the manufacture of uniform glass microspheres to serve as containers for laser fusion fuel to be exposed to laser energy which includes the formation of a glass gel which is then dried, pulverized, and very accurately sized to particles in a range of, for example, 125 to 149 micrometers. The particles contain an occluded material such as urea which expands when heated. The sized particles are washed, dried, and subjected to heat to control the moisture content prior to being introduced into a system to form microspheres.

• DOE Contract Number: E(11-1)-2709
• Assignee: KMS Fusion, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Patent Number(s): US 4021253
• OSTI ID: 862825
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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