18673843. TITANIA-SILICA GLASS WITH REDUCED HYDROXYL AND HALIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING (Corning Incorporated)
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TITANIA-SILICA GLASS WITH REDUCED HYDROXYL AND HALIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING
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Inventor(s)
Michael John Campion of Corning NY (US)
Richard Michael Fiacco of Corning NY (US)
Kenneth Edward Hrdina of Horseheads NY (US)
Nicolas Leblond of Painted Post NY (US)
Dale Robert Powers of Painted Post NY (US)
TITANIA-SILICA GLASS WITH REDUCED HYDROXYL AND HALIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18673843 titled 'TITANIA-SILICA GLASS WITH REDUCED HYDROXYL AND HALIDE CONCENTRATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING
Original Abstract Submitted
A glass body that includes titania and silica, wherein an average hydroxyl concentration amongst a plurality of segments of the glass body is from about 0 ppm to about 100 ppm and a peak-to-valley of hydroxyl concentration amongst the plurality of segments is about 60 ppm or less, the hydroxyl concentration being measured using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in transmission, and the plurality of segments including every adjacent segment across a length and a width of the glass body, the length being about 25 mm or more and the width being about 25 mm or more, and the glass body comprising a chlorine concentration of about 100 ppm or less.
