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Laser Sintering of UltraPure SiO 2 Crucibles
Author(s) -
Günster J.,
Heinrich J. G.,
Schwertfeger F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of applied ceramic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1744-7402
pISSN - 1546-542X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2006.02055.x
Subject(s) - materials science , crucible (geodemography) , selective laser sintering , sintering , metallurgy , laser , ultrapure water , quartz , laser power scaling , optics , nanotechnology , chemistry , computational chemistry , physics
The present work introduces the laser sintering as a novel and cost‐effective production process for ultrapure quartz glass crucibles. By employing CO 2 laser systems, providing a power output of up to 12 kW, large SiO 2 crucible preforms are sintered to graded structures with no contamination and without any change in geometry.