Large caliber quartz tubes, as a special type of transparent quartz tube, have a wide range of applications in the chemical industry due to their excellent physical and chemical properties.

Characteristics of Large Diameter Quartz Tube

The outer diameter of large-diameter quartz tubes can reach 260mm, and the silicon dioxide content is usually above 99.95%. Some high-quality products even reach 99.98%, with high transparency and purity. Its main characteristics include:

High temperature resistance: It can work for a long time in high temperature environments and can typically withstand temperatures up to 1100 ° C.

Corrosion resistance: It has good corrosion resistance to various chemicals and is suitable for various corrosive environments.

Good thermal stability: able to maintain stable physical and chemical properties even under high temperature changes.

Good light transmission performance: ensuring effective transmission of light in various applications.

Good electrical insulation performance: It is an excellent electrical insulator suitable for high-voltage and high-frequency insulation applications.

Application of Large Diameter Quartz Tubes in the Chemical Industry

Treatment of high temperature acid resistant gases

Incineration, cooling, and ventilation equipment: The high temperature and corrosion resistance of large-diameter quartz tubes make them an ideal material for handling high-temperature and acid resistant gases. In chemical production, these gases may contain harmful components, which can be effectively incinerated, cooled, and ventilated through quartz tube equipment.

Transpiration of acidic solutions: During the preparation and treatment of acidic solutions, large-diameter quartz tubes can withstand high temperatures and corrosive environments, ensuring stable transpiration of the solution.

Storage and preparation equipment

Storage equipment: used to store corrosive or high-temperature sensitive chemical substances, ensuring the safety and stability of the substances during storage.

Preparation equipment: During the preparation process of chemicals such as distilled water, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, etc., large-diameter quartz tubes provide corrosion-resistant and high-temperature resistant pipelines and containers to ensure the smooth progress of the preparation process.

Chemical reactor

Corrosion resistant transmission pipelines: During chemical reactions, transmission pipelines need to withstand high temperatures and corrosive substances. Large caliber quartz tubes have become an indispensable material for transmission pipelines in chemical reactors due to their excellent corrosion resistance and high temperature resistance.

Reaction vessel: Some chemical reactions require specific temperature and pressure conditions, and large-diameter quartz tubes can be used as reaction vessels due to their stable physical and chemical properties, ensuring the safety and efficiency of chemical reactions.

High voltage and high-frequency insulation tube

The selection of insulation materials is crucial in high-voltage and high-frequency electric field environments. Large caliber quartz tubes are widely used as high-voltage and high-frequency insulation tubes due to their excellent electrical insulation performance, ensuring the stability and safety of the electric field environment.

Other applications

Optical glass manufacturing: In the manufacturing process of optical glass, large-diameter quartz tubes can be used as part of melting and forming equipment to ensure the quality and performance of optical glass.

Thermocouple maintenance tube: In temperature measurement and control systems, thermocouples require protective tubes to ensure their accuracy and stability. Large caliber quartz tubes can be used as maintenance tubes for thermocouples due to their high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance.

The advantages of large-diameter quartz tubes in the chemical industry

Improving production efficiency: The high temperature tolerance and chemical stability of large-diameter quartz tubes ensure the continuity and stability of the chemical production process, thereby improving production efficiency.

Reduce maintenance costs: Due to its corrosion resistance and high temperature resistance, large-diameter quartz tubes have a longer service life, reducing the frequency of equipment replacement and maintenance and lowering maintenance costs.

Enhanced safety: Large diameter quartz tubes provide a reliable protective barrier when handling high temperature and corrosive substances, reducing the risk of safety accidents.

Large caliber quartz tubes are widely used in the chemical industry due to their excellent physical and chemical properties such as high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, good thermal stability, good light transmission performance, and good electrical insulation performance. Large diameter quartz tubes play an indispensable role in the treatment of high-temperature acid resistant gases, the manufacturing of chemical reactors, and the use of high-voltage and high-frequency insulation tubes.

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Luverre Quartz can manufacture customized quartz tubes in various shapes, such as spiral, square, round, with processing including cutting, bending, welding, etc., and available in different colors, such as transparent quartz tubes, opaque quartz tubes, milky white quartz tubes, red quartz tubes, and so on.