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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Masafumi Mizuguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Abe, Sagamihara, JP;
Masafumi Mizuguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Abe, Sagamihara, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of molding a synthetic silica glass molded body by accommodating a synthetic silica glass block in a mold provided with a pressing portion, and by pressing the block while heating, the method including: washing the synthetic silica glass block so that a concentration of copper which is present on the surface of the synthetic silica glass block is 2 ng/cmor less; heating high purity carbon powders with a content of copper and aluminium; heating the mold at a temperature condition of 1700° C. to 1900° C.; applying the powders before accommodating the block in the mold; and molding the block in a predetermined form by pressing the block while heating within a hold temperature range of 1500° C. to 1700° C., after accommodating the washed block in the mold.