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Doped quartz glass, and enclosures for electrical apparatus made therefor

US5532195A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1994
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03C2203/10
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Soft quartz glass having low viscosity and a low thermal coefficient of expansion, high electrical insulation capability and free from release of contaminants, when used as a bulb of an incandescent lamp or as an envelope in an arc vessel of a discharge lamp, is a quartz glass made of ultra-pure quartz (SiO.sub.2), for example having a purity of 99.99 mol-%, doped with stoichiometric compounds of alkaline earth oxides with boron oxide, optionally also with a small quantity of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an overall quantity of the doping substance of between about 0.05% to 0.8%, by weight.

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