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Containerless glass fiber processing
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Naumann, R. J. Ethridge, E. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | An acoustic levitation furnace system is described that was developed for testing the feasibility of containerless fiber pulling experiments. It is possible to levitate very dense materials such as platinum at room temperature. Levitation at elevated temperatures is much more difficult. Samples of dense heavy metal fluoride glass were levitated at 300 C. It is therefore possible that containerless fiber pulling experiments could be performed. Fiber pulling from the melt at 650 C is not possible at unit gravity but could be possible at reduced gravities. The Acoustic Levitation Furnace is described, including engineering parameters and processing information. It is illustrated that a shaped reflector greatly increases the levitation force aiding the levitation of more dense materials. |
| File Size | 2460081 |
| Page Count | 24 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890015034 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t28963553 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Ground Support Systems And Facilities (space) Density Mass/volume Reflectors Containerless Melts Pulling Acoustic Levitation Space Commercialization Metal Fluorides Electric Furnaces Space Processing Low Gravity Manufacturing Glass Fibers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
