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AssigneeHeraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMatthias OTTER, Walter LEHMANN, Michael HÜNERMANN, Nils Christian NIELSEN, Nigel Robert WHIPPEY, Boris GROMANN, Abdoul-Gafar KPEBANE
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One aspect relates to a process for the provision of a quartz glass body, including providing a silicon dioxide granulate, making a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in an oven and making a quartz glass body from at least part of the glass melt. The oven includes a hanging metal sheet crucible. One aspect also relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body which are obtainable by processing the quartz glass body further.
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A process for the preparation of a quartz glass body comprising:
A use of a hanging metal sheet crucible to prepare products comprising quartz glass selected from the group consisting of a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, wherein a silicon dioxide granulate is processed in the hanging metal sheet crucible, the silicon dioxide granulate comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.