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Method for making vitreous silica
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1976-05-07
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Granted: 1977-10-18
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Expires: 1996-05-07
Abstract
Abstract Method and apparatus for making vitreous silica of high purity including producing a melt of liquid silicon in a first chamber, mixing the liquid silicon with carbon dioxide in an upper zone of a second chamber to produce silicon monoxide, mixing the silicon monoxide with oxygen in a lower zone of the second chamber producing silicon dioxide in gaseous form, condensing the silicon dioxide on the wall of the second chamber, and withdrawing the resultant tube of vitreous silica from the lower end of the second chamber. The apparatus is lined with silica to prevent introduction of impurities. The liquid silicon is produced by mixing hydrogen and trichlorosilane.
Inventors
- 👤 Justice N. Carman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:02
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B33/00; C01B33/113; C01B33/12; C01B33/18; C01B33/181; C01B33/182; B; B01; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/02; C03; C03B; C03B17/00; C03B17/04; C03C; C03C3/00; C03C3/04; C03C3/06; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/02; B01J2219/0204; B01J2219/0209; C01P; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/80; C03C2201/00; C03C2201/06; C03C2201/30; C03C2201/32; C03C2201/34; C03C2201/3435; C03C2201/40; C03C2201/42; C03C2203/00; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/141
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
In a method of making vitreous silica, the steps of: producing a melt of liquid silicon; continuously mixing a stream of the liquid silicon and carbon dioxide to convert the liquid silicon to silicon monoxide; continuously mixing the silicon monoxide and oxygen to produce silicon dioxide in gaseous form; condensing the silicon dioxide on the walls of a chamber; and moving the condensed silicon dioxide from the chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
In a method of making vitreous silica, the steps of: producing a melt of liquid silicon; continuously mixing a stream of the liquid silicon and carbon dioxide to convert the liquid silicon to silicon monoxide; continuously mixing the silicon monoxide and oxygen to produce silicon dioxide in gaseous form; condensing the silicon dioxide on the walls of a chamber; and moving the condensed silicon dioxide from the chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method as defined in claim 1 wherein the mixing and condensing steps are carried out in a chamber lined with silicon dioxide so that the reactions resulting from the mixing occur in the presence of only silicon, carbon and oxygen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as defined in claim 1 wherein the condensing step is carried out in a gaseous atmosphere containing only silicon, carbon, oxygen and combinations thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including performing the first mixing step in a first reaction zone by introducing a jet of carbon dioxide and a stream of silicon into the zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method as defined in claim 4 including heating the first reaction zone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including performing the second mixing step in a second reaction zone below a first reaction zone by introducing a stream of oxygen into the second zone as reaction products move downward from the first zone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method as defined in claim 6 including cooling the second reaction zone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including producing the liquid silicon by mixing hydrogen and at least one of trichlorosilane and silicon tetrachloride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as defined in claim 8 including removing gases from the top of the melt of liquid silicon and removing liquid silicon from the bottom of the melt.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as defined in claim 1 including producing the liquid silicon by mixing hydrogen and at least one chlorinated silane in the gaseous state.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method as defined in claim 10 including providing a source of oxygen to the liquid silicon.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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