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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas H Elmer, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 301 ; 65 32 ; 65900 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of dewatering porous 96% silica glass by impregnating the glass pores with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble, nitrogen-containing, organic compound that is thermally decomposable to produce reactive gaseous nitrogen species, and then thermally decomposing the impregnating compound to yield nitrogen which combines with the glass to oust hydroxyl group. A preferred material is guanidine hydrochloride, and a non-oxidizing atmosphere is maintained during heating to avoid nitrogen oxidation. The nitrided porous glass may subsequently be thermally consolidated to a non-porous body.