LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CERAMIC, LUMINOUS TUBE COMPRISING LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CERAMIC AND PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CERAMIC

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a light-transmitting ceramic having a high transparent property and high strength and useful for high brightness discharge lamps by adding a specific amount of a metal oxide having a larger negative value than the standard production Gibbs' energy of Al2 O3 to a...

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Hauptverfasser: NOZAWA TOSHITERU, NARITA SUSUMU, YANAGIYA TAKAKIMI, YAGI HIDEKI
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a light-transmitting ceramic having a high transparent property and high strength and useful for high brightness discharge lamps by adding a specific amount of a metal oxide having a larger negative value than the standard production Gibbs' energy of Al2 O3 to a YAG type light-transmitting ceramic. SOLUTION: This light-transmitting ceramic is produced by adding 5-20000ppm (preferably 50-2000ppm) of a metal oxide having a larger negative value than the standard compound Gibbs' energy of Al2 O3 to a light-transmitting garnet crystal structure ceramic consisting mainly of Al2 O3 and Y2 O3 . The metal oxide is especially preferably Sc2 O3 . The raw materials Al2 O3 and Y2 O3 are mixed with the metal oxide, molded e.g. by a press molding method, calcined and subsequently sintered at 1500-1850 deg.C (which is lower by