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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1988
Rolf Clasen, Aachen, DE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method of manufacturing glass bodies, in which a thixotropic suspension of SiO.sub.2 particles having a diameter in the range from 10 to 500 nm in a dispersing liquid is formed into a green body, after which the green body is purified and sintered, the suspension has a solid:dispersing liquid weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:1.5, is passed through sieves having an aperture size in the range from 3 to 300 .mu.m under the action of sound or ultrasound, the sieved suspension is then concentrated by pumping off a part of the dispersing liquid under a vacuum and under the influence of sound or ultrasound, such that a solid:dispersing liquid weight ratio of about 1.3:1 is obtained, after which the concentrated suspension is introduced into a mould, heated to a temperature below the boiling point of the dispersing liquid to form a green body. The green body thus obtained is removed from the mould, cooled, and converted to a glass body.