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Internally heated pyrolysis zone

US6051276A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1997
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/452
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for more efficiently depositing a gas onto a surface. In one embodiment, a deposition apparatus is provided. The deposition apparatus comprises a deposition chamber, a tube and a heating element. The tube is in fluid communication with the deposition chamber, and the heating element is constructed and arranged so that the heating element preferentially heats the centerline of the tube relative to the inner surface of the tube. In another embodiment, a method of depositing a product gas onto a surface is provided. The method comprises placing a first gas into a tube; heating first and second portions of the first gas to first and second temperatures, respectively, to form the product gas, the first portion of the first gas being adjacent the centerline of the tube, the second portion of the first gas being adjacent the inner surface of the tube, the first temperature being greater than the second temperature; and depositing the product gas onto the surface.

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