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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1976
Richard F Reade, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention is concerned with the manufacture of refractory articles of a partially crystalline nature, i.e., materials having a substantial crystal content within a glassy matrix, but wherein the crystal phase normally comprises less than about 50% by volume of the materials. The bodies are produced through the heat treatment of glass articles having compositions within the Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 --SiO.sub.2 --TiO.sub.2 --Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 and/or Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 system at elevated temperatures, but not in excess of about 1150.degree. C., to cause the in situ growth of crystals. The materials, containing aluminum niobate, aluminum tantalate, or an aluminum niobate-tantalate solid solution as the predominant crystal phase, exhibit a high degree of transparency to visible light, and retain that transparency even after very extended exposures to temperatures up to in excess of 1000.degree. C. That capability has recommended their utility as arc-tubes or as envelopes for high temperature lamps.