WO2006054685A1 - ガラスの製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for producing glass.
- Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 9-48630 discloses a method for producing a fluorine-added glass.
- a glass particulate deposit is placed in a container, a fluorine compound gas is supplied to the container while the inside of the container is heated, fluorine is added to the glass particulate deposit, and then the glass particulate deposit is converted into a transparent glass.
- the fluorine source concentration in the container should be 4% by volume.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-230638 discloses a method for changing the partial pressure of a fluorinated compound when a glass fine particle laminate is heated in an atmosphere containing a fluorine compound. In this method, the partial pressure of the fluorine compound is changed as the temperature changes.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9 48630
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-230638
- An object of the present invention is to shorten the time for adding a refractive index control substance such as fluorine to a glass fine particle deposit.
- the present invention includes (1) placing a glass fine particle deposit body in a container, (2) supplying an additive gas containing a refractive index control substance to the container, and exhausting the gas in the container to thereby produce the refractive index.
- a control substance is added to the glass particulate deposit, and (3) the glass particulate deposit is heated to be transparent.
- the present invention relates to a method for producing glass to be converted.
- the final set concentration of the refractive index control substance in the additive gas is obtained based on the target refractive index of the glass, and the final concentration is added to the step of adding the refractive index control substance.
- the additive gas containing the refractive index controlling substance having a higher concentration than the preset concentration is supplied to the container, and then the additive gas containing the refractive index controlling substance having the final set concentration is put into the container.
- the refractive index control substance is supplied and added to the glass particulate deposit.
- the flow rate of the refractive index controlling substance gas is f (standard liter Z minute: flow rate in standard state (0 ° C, 1 atm), abbreviated as slm), and the effective part of the glass particulate deposit is defined as
- the volume force of the container in the surrounding part is defined as V (liter), where the volume obtained by subtracting the volume of the effective part of the glass particulate deposit is V at a flow rate f satisfying f / V ⁇ 0.012 (min- 1 ).
- Refractive index control substance It is effective to flow gas.
- the gas volume is hereinafter expressed as the volume in the standard state.
- the additive gas or refractive index containing the refractive index control substance of a preset concentration lower than the final set concentration If a soot gas containing no control substance is supplied into the container, it is preferable because the refractive index control substance can be added uniformly and in a short time even for a glass fine particle deposit having a large diameter.
- the time for adding the refractive index control substance to the glass fine particle deposit is reduced.
- the present invention is effective when the flow rate of the refractive index control substance is reduced.
- the additive gas containing the refractive index controlling substance having a setting concentration lower than the final setting concentration or the gas not containing the refractive index controlling substance is supplied into the container. This makes it possible to add the refractive index control substance uniformly to the large-sized glass fine particle deposit in a short time.
- the heating device 10 has a reactor core tube 11, an upper extension portion 11 ⁇ / b> A, and a lower extension portion 11 ⁇ / b> B in the center, and a heat source 13 is disposed outside the reactor core tube 11.
- the heat source 13 is covered with an outer wall 12.
- a heat insulating material 19 is placed between the heat source 13 and the outer wall 12.
- a part of the outer wall 12 is notched, and a radiation thermometer 21 is attached thereto. There should be no insulation between the radiation thermometer 21 and the heat source 13.
- a supply port 14 is provided at the lower part of the lower extension 11 B connected to the core tube 11, and the supply pipe 15 is attached thereto.
- a discharge port 16 is provided in the upper part of the upper extension 11 A connected to the core tube 11, and a discharge tube 17 is attached thereto.
- the glass particulate deposit 1 is suspended by the lifting device 20 via the dummy rod 2 and placed in the container, and the lid 18 is closed. Dummy rod 2 is pierced through lid 18 Dummy rod 2 and lid 18 are sealed without gaps.
- the lifting device 20 is driven to lower the glass particle deposit 1 to a position surrounded by the heat source 13. The lifting device 20 is stopped at a position where the outer diameter steady portion A of the glass particulate deposit 1 is surrounded by the heat source 13, and the position of the glass particulate deposit 1 is fixed.
- the supply of the dehydrating gas is stopped and the heat source 13 is maintained at that temperature.
- the additive gas containing the refractive index control substance is supplied from the supply port 14 into the container.
- the gas in the container is sucked and exhausted from the exhaust port 16, but the exhaust amount may be appropriately changed from the flow rate up to that time depending on the flow rate of the gas containing the refractive index control substance to be supplied.
- Supply additive gas from the bottom of the container and By exhausting the direction force as well, the additive gas supplied from the supply port 14 flows upward, and an airflow from the supply port 14 to the exhaust port 16 is formed in the container.
- the refractive index control substance can be added to the glass particulate deposit by flowing the refractive index control substance into the container while heating for several tens of minutes to several hours.
- SiF gas is supplied at a constant concentration into a container containing a glass particulate deposit, and glass granules
- FIG. 2 shows an example of the relationship between the fluorine addition time and the amount of fluorine added to the glass particle deposit by the conventional method of adding fluorine to the daughter deposit.
- the charging time is the time when the force when Si F gas is supplied to the container has elapsed. As the addition time becomes longer
- the amount of fluorine added increases and reaches saturation.
- the amount of saturation force depends on the fluorine concentration around the glass particle deposit when saturation is reached.
- concentration that gives this amount of saturated addition is the final set concentration.
- the amount of fluorine added to the glass particulate deposit per unit time (tangential slope in the graph of Fig. 2) will increase over time. As it gets smaller. If the time required to start the addition is the same, the amount of fluorine added per unit time depends on the fluorine concentration, and the higher the concentration, the larger the amount of fluorine added per unit time.
- the addition of the refractive index control substance is accelerated by setting the refractive index control substance to a higher concentration than the predetermined final set concentration at the initial stage of the addition process of the refractive index control substance. To do. Thereafter, the refractive index control substance is added to the glass fine particle deposit body up to a predetermined saturation amount (target value) with the predetermined concentration of the refractive index control substance as a predetermined final setting concentration. As a result, the refractive index of the glass obtained by heating and transparentizing the glass fine particle deposit becomes a predetermined value.
- the addition of the refractive index control substance is completed before the glass particulate deposit is made transparent.
- the heating temperature and the temperature are adjusted so that the increase amount of the average bulk density of the glass particulate deposit is 0.2 g / cm 3 or less while the set concentration of the refractive index control substance is higher than the predetermined final set concentration. Determine the processing time.
- the refractive index control substance is rapidly and uniformly distributed without reducing the diffusion rate of the additive gas containing the refractive index control substance into the glass fine particle deposit. It can be added to the deposit.
- n fluorine is added to the glass particulate deposit.
- the prior art is a case indicated by a broken line in FIGS. 3 and 4, where c is a set concentration of fluorine from the start of the fluoridation catalyst, and time t (
- a predetermined amount n of fluorine is added to the glass particulate deposit at> t).
- the set concentration of the refractive index control substance in the present invention may be changed stepwise as shown in FIG. 5 or may be changed continuously as shown in FIG.
- the concentration of the refractive index controlling substance may be increased after a while after the addition of the refractive index controlling substance is started.
- increasing the setting concentration of the refractive index control substance at that time higher than the final concentration has the effect of shortening the addition time. Big preference ⁇ .
- the glass fine particle deposit used in the present invention generates glass fine particles such as SiO and GeO through a flame hydrolysis reaction by flowing Si C1 and GeCl as glass raw materials in an oxyhydrogen flame.
- the refractive index controlling substance used in the present invention is mainly a halogen element.
- additive gases containing refractive index control substances include SiF, SF, GeCl, CF, C F, CC1 F, CI, and Si.
- the additive gas can be an inert gas such as He gas or nitrogen.
- the refractive index controlling substance can be mixed in the additive gas as a gas.
- the supplied refractive index control substance enters the gap between the fine particles of the glass fine particle deposit and diffuses throughout the glass fine particle deposit. Bonded to silicon atoms and added to the glass particulate deposit 1. In the refractive index control substance, a side force close to the supply port 14 is also added to the glass particulate deposit 1. Therefore, in the space around the glass particulate deposit 1 in the container, the refractive index control substance On the side closer to the supply port 14, the concentration decreases as the distance from the supply port 14 becomes higher (as the discharge port 16 is approached). That is, in the space in the container, a concentration gradient occurs along the length direction of the glass particulate deposit 1.
- the flow rate of the refractive index control substance gas per unit time is small compared to the volume of the container surrounding the glass particulate deposit, the surroundings near the exhaust port of the glass particulate deposit are larger than when the flow rate is large.
- the concentration of the refractive index control substance becomes lower. Therefore, it takes a long time until the refractive index control substance reaches saturation on the side of the glass particulate deposit near the exhaust port.
- the refractive index control substance is supplied into the container at a set concentration higher than a predetermined final set concentration.
- the flow rate of the refractive index controlling substance gas is f (slm), and the volume of the container surrounding the effective part of the glass particulate deposit is subtracted from the volume of the effective part of the glass particulate deposit by V ( Liter), the effect of the present invention was particularly significant when the fZV value immediately before the addition of the refractive index control substance was 0.012 (min- 1 ) or less.
- the volume force of the portion surrounding the effective portion of the glass particulate deposit is also the volume of the space around the glass particulate deposit in the container, that is, the volume of the effective portion of the glass particulate deposit.
- an inert gas such as He gas or nitrogen gas is supplied from the supply port 14 into the container through the supply pipe 15, and a heat source is supplied.
- the temperature of the glass is raised to about 1500 ° C, and the glass particulate deposit is heated at that temperature for several tens of minutes to several hours to make it transparent to obtain transparent glass.
- the refractive index controlling substance on the outer periphery of the glass particulate deposit may be lost.
- the addition of the refractive index control substance is completed before the glass particulate deposit is made transparent.
- the refractive index control substance atmosphere is formed around the glass fine particle deposit even after the addition is completed.
- the effective part of the glass particulate deposit is shorter than the length of the heat source and the refractive index control substance is added to the glass particulate deposit, This is especially effective in cases where it does not move in the length direction.
- a glass fine particle deposit having an outer diameter of 150 mm and a length of 1200 mm was produced by the VAD method. This was put into a core tube having an inner diameter of 200 mm.
- the volume V (liter) of the volume of the core tube that subtracts the volume of the effective part of the glass particulate deposit is 16.5 (liter).
- the flow rate from the outlet was 10.2 (slm).
- the temperature of the heat source was kept at 1250 ° C, and after 0.6 hours, the flow rate of SiF gas was changed to 0.6 (slm). He gas flow rate
- the force is midway force 0.036 (min- 1 ).
- the temperature of the heat source was raised to 1450 ° C, and heating was continued at that temperature for 2 hours to obtain a transparent glass.
- the refractive index of the obtained glass was measured at six measurement points while changing the position in the length direction, the relative refractive index difference with respect to pure silica glass was 0.35% ⁇ 0.01%.
- a glass fine particle deposit having the same size as in Example 1 was dehydrated, fluorinated and made transparent with the same heating apparatus to produce a transparent glass.
- the flow rate of the gas when fluorine is added is constant at 0.6 (slm) for SiF gas, 9.0 (slm) for He gas, and 9.6 (slm) for the displacement. did.
- Dehydration before fluorine addition and clearing after fluorine addition were carried out in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the fluorine addition time required for producing a glass equivalent to that in Example 1 (with a relative refractive index difference of 0.35% ⁇ 0.01% after clarification) was 3 hours.
- Example 1 compared with Comparative Example 1, the time required for fluoridation was reduced by 1.2 hours.
- the amount of SiF used was 86.4 liters in Example 1 and 108 liters in Comparative Example 1.
- Example 1 the yield of SiF gas was improved and SiF gas could be saved.
- Example 2 and Comparative Example 2 below are cases where the flow rate of the gas containing the refractive index control substance is reduced compared to Example 1 and Comparative Example 1.
- a glass fine particle deposit having the same size as in Example 1 was dehydrated, fluorinated and made transparent with the same caloric heat apparatus to produce a transparent glass.
- the gas that flows when fluorine is added is initially SiF gas and He gas of 0.2 (slm) and 1.5 (slm), respectively.
- the flow rate was set to 1.7 (slm).
- the temperature of the heat source was kept at 1250 ° C, and after 1.5 hours, the flow rate of SiF gas was changed to 0.1 (slm). He gas flow rate is
- the temperature of the heat source was raised to 1450 ° C, and heating was continued at that temperature for 2 hours to obtain a transparent glass.
- the refractive index of the obtained glass was measured at 6 measurement points in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the relative refractive index difference with respect to pure silica glass was 0.35% ⁇ 0.01%.
- a glass fine particle deposit having the same size as in Example 1 was dehydrated, fluorinated and made transparent with the same heating apparatus to produce a transparent glass.
- the flow rate of the gas when fluorine is added is constant at 0.1 (3 ⁇ ) for SiF gas, 1.5 (slm) for 13 ⁇ 4 gas, and 1.6 (slm) for displacement.
- Example 2 the production time can be shortened by 4 hours compared to Comparative Example 2, and the amount of SiF gas used was also implemented.
- Example 2 saves 15 liters compared to Comparative Example 2. This confirms that the present invention is effective even when the flow rate of the gas containing the refractive index control substance is reduced.
- Example 1 took 60% of the time of Comparative Example 1
- Example 2 took 56% of the time of Comparative Example 2. . Therefore, when the flow rate of the gas containing the refractive index control substance is reduced, the effect of shortening the time is greater. Further, comparing Example 1 and Example 2, when the flow rate of the gas containing the refractive index control substance is reduced, the time for flowing the gas becomes longer, but the total amount of the flowing gas can be reduced.
- the concentration of the refractive index control substance is high!
- the amount of the refractive index control substance added to the portion becomes larger than that of the central portion.
- the amount of the refractive index control substance added is not always uniform in the radial direction of the glass particulate deposit.
- the central part is the part where the distance of the central axial force of the glass fine particle deposit with a diameter of 200 mm is 25 mm or less, and the distance from the central axis is generally less than one quarter of the radius.
- the peripheral part is the part where the distance of the central axial force is 75 mm or more in a glass particle deposit with a diameter of 200 mm, and is generally the part where the distance from the central axis is more than three quarters of the radius.
- the refractive index control substance having a concentration higher than the final set concentration is supplied to the container and the refractive index control substance is added to the glass particulate deposit, and then the additive gas is added.
- the refractive index control substance concentration of the glass is lowered from the final set concentration to facilitate the detachment of the excessively added refractive index control substance from the outer peripheral portion of the glass particulate deposit.
- the refractive index control substance is added to the glass fine particle deposit until the predetermined concentration of the refractive index control substance is a predetermined final setting concentration until a predetermined saturation amount (target value).
- the addition time of the refractive index control substance can be shortened compared to the case where the refractive index control substance concentration is kept constant, and the reaction during that time.
- the amount of the refractive index control substance supplied to the container can be reduced. Glass obtained by heating and transparentizing this glass particulate deposit has a refractive index that is uniform in the radial direction. Become one.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the change over time in the concentration of the fluorine compound.
- Case indicated by a solid line 1S is an example of the second aspect of the present invention, and an additive gas containing a fluorine compound gas having a concentration c higher than the final set concentration from time zero to time t (for example, containing SiF) Riu
- the fluorine compound concentration is the highest.
- An additive gas having a concentration c lower than the final concentration is supplied, and during the period from time t to time t
- An additive gas having an elemental compound concentration of final set concentration c is supplied into the reaction vessel.
- that the density is lower than the final set density includes zero density.
- the gas supplied to the container is the gas excluding the refractive index control substance from the additive gas supplied to the container.
- a broken line is an example of the first aspect of the present invention, and an additive gas containing a fluorine compound gas having a concentration c higher than the final set concentration c from time zero to time t is supplied into the container.
- the fluorine compound gas with the final set concentration c is placed in the container.
- the dotted line in Fig. 8 is a conventional example, and is the maximum from time zero to time t.
- Fig. 9 shows the relationship between the amount of fluorine added at the central part of the glass particulate deposit and the amount added
- Fig. 10 shows the time and addition of fluorine at the outer periphery of the glass particulate deposit. Shows the relationship with quantity.
- the solid line, broken line, and alternate long and short dash line indicate the addition amount when the fluorinated compound gas is supplied with the concentration change in the solid line, broken line, and alternate long and short dash line in Fig. 8, respectively.
- the fluorine addition amount does not reach the target amount n in the central portion.
- the fluorine addition amount exceeds the target amount n when the fluorine compound concentration at the outer peripheral portion is advanced faster than the final set concentration.
- the amount of fluorine added continues to increase in both the solid and broken lines at the center, reaching the target amount n at time t and saturating.
- the fluorine compound concentration is lower than the final set concentration, so that the fluorine is desorbed earlier than in the case of the broken line, and at time t, the fluorine addition amount becomes smaller than the target amount n.
- the time t force is supplied to the container with the final concentration of the fluorine compound.
- the added amount increases and reaches the target amount at time t.
- the inner peripheral portion reaches the target added amount of calories after the outer peripheral portion reaches the target added amount.
- An amount of fluorine is added to the entire particulate deposit.
- the time for fluorine addition can be shortened compared to the conventional technique.
- the desorption rate of the refractive index control substance excessively added to the outer peripheral portion of the glass particulate deposit can be improved. Therefore, the time required to uniformly add the refractive index control substance to the entire glass fine particle deposit is reduced.
- the concentration of the refractive index control substance to be supplied to the container is lower than the final concentration, the lower the concentration, the faster the refractive index control substance once added to the glass particulate deposit is released.
- the time until a predetermined amount of the refractive index control substance is finally added to the entire glass particle deposit is shortened. Therefore, when the concentration of the refractive index control substance is lowered, it is most preferable that the concentration is zero, that is, the supply of the refractive index control substance is stopped.
- the time for lowering the concentration of the refractive index controlling substance from the final set concentration is too long, it is considered that the refractive index controlling substance is not added to the central part during that time.
- the set concentration of the refractive index controlling substance supplied to the container may be changed stepwise as shown in FIG. Further, it may be changed continuously as shown in FIG. In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 13, after the refractive index control substance having the final set concentration is once supplied, the refractive index control is performed.
- the concentration of the substance can be lower than the final concentration.
- the target is to set the relative refractive index difference of transparent glass to pure quartz to 0.37%.
- the final nominal concentration c of SiF at this time is 7.4 vol 0/0.
- the amount is 10.8 slm.
- the size of the glass particulate deposit to be used shall be an outer diameter of 200 mm, a length of 1200 mm, an average bulk density of 0.3 g / cm 3, and an inner diameter of the core tube used shall be 240 mm.
- the SiF gas concentration from time zero at time t until c, and SiF gas concentration from time t to t as c ( 7. 4 volume 0/0)
- Figure 14 shows the relationship between t and t when the volume is 12% by volume. Also, from time zero to time t
- Fig. 15 shows the relationship with the supply amount.
- Nitrogen deposition time (t) is 2.05 hours, SiF gas supply is 144.9 liters, minimum Value.
- t is a minimum of 1.4 hours, and when t is 0.5 hours, the SiF gas supply amount is 165.0
- t is 1. may be four hours between fluorine ⁇ Ka ⁇ a minimum at 0.4 hours, c force S12 volume 0/0, t is 1. 55 hours, t is 2. At 05 hours, minimize the supply of SiF gas
- the average bulk density and the inner diameter of the core tube are the same as in Example 3.
- SiF gas concentration from time zero to time t is c
- SiF gas concentration from time t to t is c
- time t to t is c
- the initial concentration c is set to a certain concentration, the fluorine addition time (t) and the SiF gas
- the small value is 150.9 liters.
- c is changed with c and t-t as the fixed values described above
- the minimum value of fluorination time is 8% by volume of c force, 0.5 hours of t,
- Fluorine compound gas supply starting force Always keep the fluorine compound gas supply constant at 7.4% by volume.
- the addition time and the amount of SiF gas supply during that time were determined. Glass fine particles
- the size and average bulk density of the deposit and the inner diameter of the core tube are the same as in Example 3.
- the fluoridation time was determined to be 3.2 hours and the SiF gas supply amount to be 153.6 liters.
- Fluoride-added time is 1.65 hours. S is possible, c is 12% by volume, and t is 2.5.
- SiF gas supply can be a minimum of 219.0 liters
- Elementary coating time can be a minimum of 1.35 hours, c force 3 ⁇ 44% by volume, t is 1.3 hours, c
- the SiF gas supply could be a minimum of 217.2 liters.
- Example 5 The size and average bulk density of the glass particulate deposit and the inner diameter of the core tube are shown in Example 5.
- the relative refractive index difference of transparent glass to pure quartz it is necessary for the relative refractive index difference of transparent glass to pure quartz to be 0.37% in a method in which the concentration of the fluorine compound gas is always constant at 7.4% by volume. The amount of time fluorine is added and the amount of SiF gas supplied during that time.
- the fluorine addition time can be shortened.
- the fluoridation time can be a minimum of 2.3 hours, c force volume%, and t is 3.65.
- the SiF gas supply can be at least 38.3 liters.
- the fluorine addition time should be a minimum of 2.0 hours.
- Bets can be, c force 3 ⁇ 44 volume 0/0, t is 1.85 hours, c force SO vol% (i.e. the supply of SiF gas
- the SiF gas supply amount is 312
- the size and average bulk density of the glass particulate deposit and the inner diameter of the core tube were the same as in Example 7, and the concentration of the fluorine compound gas was always constant at 7.4 vol%. Find the time required to add the amount of fluorine necessary for the relative refractive index difference of transparent glass to pure quartz to be 0.37% and the amount of SiF gas supplied during that time.
- the fluoridation time was 7.9 hours and the SiF gas supply was 379.2 liters.
- the present invention Since the glass produced by the present invention has a uniform refractive index, the present invention provides high-quality glass in many industrial fields such as a glass preform for optical fibers and a glass preform for photomasks. Especially available.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the addition of a refractive index controlling substance to a glass fine particle deposit in the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between fluorine addition time and fluorine addition amount.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing one embodiment of a change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining that the fluorine addition time can be shortened by increasing the set concentration of fluorine.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a view showing one mode of change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the relationship between the addition time and the addition amount of fluorine at the center of the glass particulate deposit.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the addition time and the addition amount of fluorine at the outer peripheral portion of the glass particulate deposit.
- FIG. 11 is a view showing one mode of change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing one mode of change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a view showing one mode of change in the set concentration of fluorine according to the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the relationship between the time for supplying a fluorine compound having a concentration higher than the final set concentration and the fluorine addition time when the initial fluorine compound concentration is 12 vol% in the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the relationship between the supply time of fluorine compound gas and the supply time of fluorine compound having a concentration higher than the final concentration when the initial fluorine compound concentration is 12 vol% in the present invention.
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