Abstract: This disclosure relates to fabrication of quartz hollow cylinder with reduced bubbles using atmospheric control. An example horizontal rotating arc furnace includes a housing, supports, and a rotary union. The housing defines an interior configured to receive silica particles and electrodes that generate a plasma arc and includes a plurality of first ports on an exterior of the housing fluidly connected to the interior and supply pipes fluidly coupled to the first ports. The supports mechanically couple the housing to a drive system to provide rotational motion to the housing. The rotary union is coupled to the housing includes second ports to fluidly connect to a vacuum supply. The second ports are fluidly connected to the first ports via the supply pipes. The horizontal rotating arc furnace is configured to apply a vacuum to the interior of the housing via the first ports when the housing is spinning.

Abstract: There is provided a quartz glass article having a surface treated with novel coating materials which provides a reduced chemistry, wherein the quartz glass surface having a reduced chemistry upon exposure to melted silicon or similarly corrosive environments, forms crystalline structures covering at least 75% of the coated surface of the quartz glass crucible. Said crystalline covered surface provides a more stable surface of contact with the silicon melt and the growth of single crystal silicon. In one embodiment of the invention, the coating material comprises at least a methyl group for providing at least one of a hydrogenated and a methylated surface on the coated surface, forming rosette structures, or other crystalline morphologies covering at last 80% of the coated surface. In another embodiment of the invention, the coating material is selected from at least one of an amine, an organosilane halogen and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a quartz glass article having a surface treated with novel coating materials which provides a reduced chemistry, wherein the quartz glass surface having a reduced chemistry upon exposure to melted silicon or similarly corrosive environments, forms crystalline structures covering at least 75% of the coated surface of the quartz glass crucible. Said crystalline covered surface provides a more stable surface of contact with the silicon melt and the growth of single crystal silicon. In one embodiment of the invention, the coating material comprises at least a methyl group for providing at least one of a hydrogenated and a methylated surface on the coated surface, forming rosette structures, or other crystalline morphologies covering at last 80% of the coated surface. In another embodiment of the invention, the coating material is selected from at least one of an amine, an organosilane halogen and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a quartz glass article having a surface treated with novel coating materials which provides a reduced chemistry, wherein the quartz glass surface having a reduced chemistry upon exposure to melted silicon or similarly corrosive environments, forms crystalline structures covering at least 75% of the coated surface of the quartz glass crucible. Said crystalline covered surface provides a more stable surface of contact with the silicon melt and the growth of single crystal silicon. In one embodiment of the invention, the coating material comprises at least a methyl group for providing at least one of a hydrogenated and a methylated surface on the coated surface, forming rosette structures, or other crystalline morphologies covering at last 80% of the coated surface. In another embodiment of the invention, the coating material is selected from at least one of an amine, an organosilane halogen and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for producing a synthetic quartz glass powder which is substantially free of carbon contaminant, for reduced bubble density and improved stability of articles made from the synthetic quartz glass during fusion molding by maintaining the synthetic silica powder in an oxidizing environment, e.g., an atmosphere comprising at least 3 vol. % ozone at a temperature of less than 1400° C., causing carbon containing compounds to be reduced to less than 10 ppm.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and/or controlling performance of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emission control system includes injecting a quantity of a pollution neutralizing gas into a combustion gas stream containing a pollutant gas. The method also includes passing the stream over a catalyst bed to facilitate a reaction of the pollution neutralizing gas with the pollutant gas to produce an effluent and measuring a ratio of the pollution neutralizing gas to the pollutant gas in the effluent.