Fused Silica Glass Sheets

Chemically known as sio2 silica is pure glass.

Fused silica glass sheets.

Fused silica is a purer version of fused quartz that is made from various silicon gasses. Typical of glasses it lacks long range order in its atomic structure. It s highly cross linked three dimensional structure gives rise to it s high use temperature and low thermal expansion coefficient. Sheet glass please use the filters below to narrow down your search.

Materials with low thermal expansion and high transmission. Simultaneous measurement of bulk absorption and fluorescence in fused silica upon arf laser irradiation proceedings of spie volume 5779 107 116 seattle 2002 4. Hence these materials are not as pure as fused silica. Uses range from substrates to high powered laser systems.

All other commercial glasses are sio2 with other dopants added to lower the melting temperature and modify optical thermal and mechanical characteristics. Fused silica sio 2 glass properties. Ambers 31 blues 57 clears 8 greens 48 oranges 8 reds 10 violets 15 yellows 7 white 8 black and gray 15 iridescent 4 mixed 8 neutrals 11. Unlike fused silica these quartz glass grades are made by melting natural quartz crystals instead of high purity synthetic quartz material.

About 6 of these are building glass. Fused quartz or fused silica is glass consisting of silica in amorphous non crystalline form it differs from traditional glasses in containing no other ingredients which are typically added to glass to lower the melt temperature. Fused silica therefore has high working and melting temperatures. We have an extensive stock of fused silica and fused quartz.

We supply industrial fused silica a commercial grade of fused silica used in many sight glass applications as well as uv fused silica which can be selected for a low content of inclusions and or a high refractive index homogeneity if required. Hpfs fused silica standard grade hpfs standard grade corning code 7980 is a high purity synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide manufactured by flame hydrolysis. They contain more contaminants and can t offer the high material quality and homogeneity of fused silica. We can supply all quality levels from industrial grade to high grade homogeneity bubble free grades including 2 directional and 3 directional and excimer grades.

A wide variety of fused silica glass sheet options are available to you such as processing service shape and type. Fused silica s cross linked 3d structure delivers exceptional thermal shock resistance uv transparency and near zero thermal expansion.