Glass manufacturing – Processes – Repairing or cleaning of apparatus; or batch dust prevention...
Patent
1980-05-16
1982-02-02
Fisher, Richard V.
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Repairing or cleaning of apparatus; or batch dust prevention...
65134, 106DIG8, C03B 100
Patent
active
043137474
ABSTRACT:
Refining agents comprising intimate mixtures of finely-divided sulfates and reducing agents are added to vitrifiable charges of glassmaking raw materials prior to melting the raw materials so that, when the charge is melted, the refining agent will evolve bubbles of sulfur dioxide gas which will remove smaller bubbles of other gases from the molten glass as these bubbles rise to the surface of the molten glass. The metal sulfates and reducing agents (preferably carbon) employed in the refining agent have a particle size of less than about 0.1 mm and are formed into homogeneous agglomerates having a size of about 1 to 5 mm. The glassmaking raw materials are also finely-divided and may be used in this form or may be formed into agglomerates of about the same size as, or containing the agglomerated refining agent. The relative amounts of reducing agent to sulfur in the refining agent is such that at least one-fourth of the sulfate present will be reduced to the sulfide form, and the amount of refining agent employed is such that the amount of added sulfur expressed as SO.sub.3 is at least 0.05% by weight of the glass to be obtained.
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Fisher Richard V.
Societe Generale pour l'Emballage
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