Advance in Silicon Tetrachloride for Optical Fiber
Abstract:
SiCl4 is a raw material for making performed optical fiber and its quality would influence on the transmission quality of optical fiber.It is desirable to eliminate impurities from material as much as possible.The quality standard of SiCl4 for optical fiber was discussed in present paper.High pure SiCl4 was determined by FT-IR technique and contrasted the domestic samples with overseas ones.The results showed that the concentration of hydrogen impurities in SiCl4 decreased obviously and the metal-containing impurities reached the fiber standard at the same time using the process of the present work production.For establishing the industrialized production of high pure SiCl4 for optical fiber, this study provided the theoretical foundation and processing parameters.
表3德国Merck公司光纤用高纯SiCl4透过率标准 (红外光谱测试, 样品池L=10 cm) Table 3Quality standard for the high pure SiCl4used for fiber of the German Merck company (by FT-IR, sample vessel L=10 cm)
Wavenumber/cm-1
Transmittance/%
Impurities
3666
>90
SiOH
3100~3020
>99
Aromatic-CH
2970~2925
>95
Aliphatic-CH
2860~2830
>95
HCl
2338
>95
CO2
2295
>97
SiNCO
2257
>99
SiHCl3
2023
>99
SiCH3
1540
>99
Si2OCl6
表4 国内外SiCl4产品红外杂质对比Table 4Contrast with infrared impurities of SiCl4products in world
Samples
Transmittance/% (by FT-IR)
Si (OH) Cl3
CH
HCl
SiHCl3
Domestic I
36.74
58.46
43.66
40.55
Domestic II
41.21
1.26
10.32
78.04
Merck
84.90
89.82
87.90
88.61
Guojing
94.01
98.52
98.70
98.07
图1 国内SiCl4样品I红外光谱图 Fig.1 FT-IR spectra of domestic SiCl4 sample I
图2 国内SiCl4样品II红外光谱图 Fig.2 FT-IR spectra of domestic SiCl4 sample II
图3 德国Merck公司SiCl4样品红外光谱图 Fig.3 FT-IR spectra of SiCl4 sample from the German Merck company
图4 市售粗SiCl4红外光谱图 Fig.4 FT-IR spectra of raw SiCl4 sample from market
图5 本工艺提纯后SiCl4红外光谱图 Fig.5 FT-IR spectra of purified SiCl4 sample in this process
表5 光纤用SiCl4样品金属杂质含量Table 5Metal-containing impurities of the SiCl4sample used for fiber