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FUSED-QUARTZ FIBERS

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no. 569-575

CHEMISTRY LIBRARY

A Survey of Properties, Applications, and Production Methods

Nancy J. Tighe

Fused-silica fibers have an important function in many measuring instruments used in scientific research. Much of the information on the production and fabrication methods and on the properties of the fibers is widely scattered throughout the technical literature. This Circular is a survey of this literature and a summary of the findings. A bibliography of pertinent references on the subject is included to provide the sources of more complete and detailed information necessary for specific applications.

1. INTRODUCTION

This Circular is the result of a literature survey covering the properties and the uses of fused-silica fibers. Silica fibers or, as they are frequently called, quartz fibers, have had wide application in precision measuring instruments despite the fact that the factors which affect their behavior are not fully known. The survey of the literature revealed that while some investigations are made in order to obtain specific values of particular properties, other studies are made primarily to develop more completely the theoretical treatment of glasses and their relation to liquids and solids. Although this Circular covers primarily those properties related to the actual use of the fibers, it mentions those theories and properties needed for better understanding of the variations observed in the testing and use of silica fibers. It is hoped that this summary will aid in the production of silica fibers having more reproducible and predictable properties.

Throughout the literature such terms as fused silica, fused quartz, vitreous silica, silica glass, quartz glass are used to refer to types of fused silica. The use or misuse

of the terms has been discussed frequently [7, 112, 301, 303 to 305] but little uniformity has resulted. The terms used are meant to indicate the degree of transparency or the source of the raw material. For instance, in the glass industry the term fused silica may refer to the transparent material formed by the fusion of quartz sand or other forms of silica, while the term fused quartz may refer to the transparent material formed by the fusion of pure quartz rock crystal. However, this designation of terms is not used consistently, for the material is frequently described as clear or translucent fused quartz or as clear or translucent fused silica. In this Circular the term fused silica will be used in general for that glass formed by the fusion of silica. Where necessary, this term is modified by the adjectives clear or translucent. For instance, where the condition of transparency is evident from the use, such as in fibers which are drawn from clear fused silica, the fibers are referred to simply as silica fibers.

1 Figures in brackets refer to the references listed in the bibliography.

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