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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry R Weidner, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Stanley T Schuetz, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Michael H O'Brien, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 325 ; 65134 ; 501 32 ;
Abstract
The invention is a process for the preparation of high quality oxynitride glasses without resorting to high pressures. Nitrogen-containing compounds such as Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 are first encapsulated in a low melting temperature glass. Particles of the encapsulated nitrogen-containing compound are mixed with other oxide glass-formers and melted in an atmosphere of flowing nitrogen and in the presence of buffering gas to form the oxynitride glass. Glasses containing up to 15 at % nitrogen have been prepared by this method.