Sol-gel process for producing monolithic articles of...

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C03C 1/00 (2006.01) C03B 19/12 (2006.01) C03C 3/06 (2006.01)

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CA 2733382

The present invention relates to a sol-gel process for producing monolithic articles of vitreous silica, comprising: preparing a dispersion of silica in water at acid pH; adding to said dispersion at least one alkoxysilane in a quantity such as to obtain a silica:alkoxysilane molar ratio between 6 and 30, and a wateralkoxysilane molar ratio between 40 and 200; modifying the dispersion pH by adding ammonium hydroxide or an amine or an aminoalkyl- alkoxysilane to obtain a sol; pouring the sol thus obtained into a mould; allowing the sol to gel to hence obtain a hydrogel; drying the hydrogel to obtain a dried gel; sintering the dried gel to obtain the vitreous silica article. By implementing this process, even large-dimension vitreous silica monolithic articles can be obtained substantially free of defects, with optimal optical properties, particularly in terms of UV and/or IR radiation transmittance.

La présente invention porte sur un procédé sol-gel pour la fabrication d'articles monolithiques en silice vitreuse consistant à : préparer une dispersion de silice dans de l'eau à un pH acide ; ajouter à ladite dispersion au moins un alcoxysilane dans une quantité suffisante pour obtenir un rapport molaire silice:alcoxysilane entre 6 et 30 et un rapport molaire eau:alcoxysilane entre 40 et 200 ; modifier le pH de la dispersion par ajout d'hydroxyde d'ammonium ou d'une amine ou d'un aminoalkylalcoxysilane pour obtenir un sol ; verser le sol ainsi obtenu dans un moule ; laisser le sol gélifier pour obtenir ainsi un hydrogel ; sécher l'hydrogel pour obtenir un gel séché ; fritter le gel séché pour obtenir l'article en silice vitreuse. Par la mise en uvre de ce procédé, des articles monolithiques en silice vitreuse de dimension même grande peuvent être obtenus pratiquement sans défauts, avec des propriétés optiques optimales, en particulier en termes de transmittance d'un rayonnement UV et/ou IR.

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