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Double Crucible
Double Crucible
By Tara Schneider
Summer 2005
Advisors: Bill Heffner and Himanshu Jain
IMI-NFG at Lehigh University
Work Supported By NSF’s International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass
Introduction
This slide show includes background
information on optical fibers, Snell’s Law,
and glass science.
At the end of the slide show is a lab that
can be performed using ingredients and
supplies you can find in your kitchen.
Fiber Optics
Background Information
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– Toys
– Uses yet to be
imagined! “Fiber Optic Cable.”
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Comparison to Wires and Current
A wire can transmit current, either in a positive
direction or a negative direction.
A fiber optics cable can transmit light in two
directions at the same time. It can also transmit
light in different phases, amplitudes, and
sometimes different colors.
Optical fibers can carry more information, and
they can carry it a farther distance than wires.
Glass
Topics covered include:
– Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
– Supercooled Liquid and Viscosity
– Glass Transition Temperature
– Fiber Drawing
– Similarities Between Candy and Glass
Crystalline vs. Amorphous
Most solids are crystalline, but glass is
amorphous. Glass does not have a repeated
molecular structure.
An amorphous solid resembles a liquid frozen in
time.