IP Library Granted Patent US 11,535,546
Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,546 · App. 16/955,009 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Silica glass crucible

Inventors: Ken Kitahara (Akita, JP); Masaru Sato (Akita, JP); Takuma Yoshioka (Akita, JP)
Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
C03B20/00C03C19/00C30B15/10C30B29/06C03B2201/02C03C2201/02
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Patent No.
US 11,535,546
App. No.
16/955,009
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A silica glass crucible includes a cylindrical side wall portion, a curved bottom portion, and a corner portion that is provided between the side wall portion and the bottom portion and has a higher curvature than a curvature of the bottom portion, in which a first region provided from a crucible inner surface to a middle in a thickness direction, a second region that is provided outside the first region in the thickness direction and has a different strain distribution from the first region, and a third region that is provided outside the second region in the thickness direction and up to the crucible outer surface and has a different strain distribution from the second region, are provided, and internal residual stresses of the first region and the third region are compressive stresses, whereas an internal residual stress of the second region includes a tensile stress.

Claims (49)

1. A silica glass crucible comprising:

a cylindrical side wall portion;

a curved bottom portion; and

a corner portion that is provided between the side wall portion and the bottom portion and has a higher curvature than a curvature of the bottom portion,

wherein a first region provided from a crucible inner surface to a middle in a thickness direction,

a second region that is provided outside the first region in the thickness direction and has a different strain distribution from the first region in the thickness direction, and

a third region that is provided outside the second region in the thickness direction and up to a crucible outer surface and has a different strain distribution from the second region in the thickness direction are provided,

internal residual stresses of the first region and the third region are compressive stresses, and

an internal residual stress of the second region includes a tensile stress,

wherein the third region has a compressive stress throughout the third region in its entirety in the thickness direction and is as thick as or thicker than the first region in the thickness direction.

2. The silica glass crucible according to claim 1 ,

wherein the internal residual stress of the second region does not include a compressive stress, and

the second region is adjacent to each of the first region and the third region.

3. The silica glass crucible according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the first region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible inner surface.

4. The silica glass crucible according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the third region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible outer surface.

5. The silica glass crucible according to claim 1 ,

wherein, at the time of impacting the crucible inner surface via an automatic punch at a force of 300 Newtons (N), a diameter of an indentation on the crucible inner surface is 5 mm or less.

6. The silica glass crucible according to claim 1 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the crucible outer surface is 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less in terms of Ra (arithmetic average roughness: JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) B0601-2001).

7. The silica glass crucible according to claim 3 ,

wherein the thickness of the first region in the thickness direction is 3 mm or more from the crucible inner surface.

8. The silica glass crucible according to claim 4 ,

wherein a thickness of the third region in the thickness direction is 5 mm or more from the crucible outer surface.

9. The silica glass crucible according to claim 2 ,

wherein a thickness of the first region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible inner surface.

10. The silica glass crucible according to claim 2 ,

wherein a thickness of the third region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible outer surface.

11. The silica glass crucible according to claim 2 ,

wherein, at the time of impacting the crucible inner surface via an automatic punch at a force of 300 Newtons (N), a diameter of an indentation on the crucible inner surface is 5 mm or less.

12. The silica glass crucible according to claim 2 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the crucible outer surface is 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less in terms of Ra (arithmetic average roughness: JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) B0601-2001).

13. The silica glass crucible according to claim 3 ,

wherein a thickness of the third region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible outer surface.

14. The silica glass crucible according to claim 3 ,

wherein, at the time of impacting the crucible inner surface via an automatic punch at a force of 300 Newtons (N), a diameter of an indentation on the crucible inner surface is 5 mm or less.

15. The silica glass crucible according to claim 3 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the crucible outer surface is 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less in terms of Ra (arithmetic average roughness: JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) B0601-2001).

16. The silica glass crucible according to claim 4 ,

wherein, at the time of impacting the crucible inner surface via an automatic punch at a force of 300 Newtons (N), a diameter of an indentation on the crucible inner surface is 5 mm or less and preferably 1 mm or less.

17. The silica glass crucible according to claim 4 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the crucible outer surface is 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less in terms of Ra (arithmetic average roughness: JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) B0601-2001).

18. The silica glass crucible according to claim 5 ,

wherein a surface roughness of the crucible outer surface is 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less in terms of Ra (arithmetic average roughness: JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) B0601-2001).

19. The silica glass crucible according to claim 7 ,

wherein a thickness of the third region in the thickness direction is 1 mm or more from the crucible outer surface.

20. The silica glass crucible according to claim 7 ,

wherein, at the time of impacting the crucible inner surface via an automatic punch at a force of 300 Newtons (N), a diameter of an indentation on the crucible inner surface is 5 mm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2020
From: KITAHARA, KEN; SATO, MASARU; YOSHIOKA, TAKUMA
To: SUMCO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053081/0880 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-035666 · Feb 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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