Nonlinear multi-component glass fibers

摘要

Nonlinear multi-component glass fibers are produced from linear primary fibers obtained from a single melt consisting of two or more distinct glasses. Corrugated glass fibers are produced by: (1) melting a mixture of two or more distinct chemically compatible melt-compatible glass particles forming a heterogeneous melt; (2) forming linear glass primary fibers from the heterogeneous melt; and (3) thinning the primary fibers to corrugated glass fibers having an average diameter of 0.05-15 micro m.