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Apparatus For Making Glass Fibers Without The Aid Of GravityReport describes apparatus for making optical fibers in microgravity. Includes sting that makes initial contact with softened glass to start drawing fiber. Absence of gravity helps to suppress nucleation of crystallites, which increase scattering of light and thus reduce transmission of light along fiber.
Document ID
19950065568
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Tucker, Dennis (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.)
Smith, Guy A. (Alabama Univ.)
Workman, Gary (Alabama Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 19
Issue: 8
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Fabrication Technology
Report/Patent Number
MFS-26339
Accession Number
95B10409
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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