Momentive Performance Materials produces fused quartz products from its manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe. These modern and efficient facilities are supported by well equipped laboratories and Six Sigma trained engineering certified personnel. Six Sigma quality principles are applied in each of manufacturing operations to ensure a thorough understanding and strict control of manufacturing process input variables.
Because purity is a yardstick by which our product is measured, every step in the production process, from raw material purification to final packaging, is closely monitored and controlled.
Throughout production, Momentive Performance Materials quartz products are repeatedly inspected for visual clarity and dimensional integrity using a variety of modern instruments. These include an infrared spectrophotometer for detecting residual hydroxyl ion (OH)- content and a beam bending viscometer for measuring viscosity.
In addition, raw material and fused quartz samples are routinely analyzed for trace impurities using a number of detection techniques. These include induction coupled plasma, neutron activation, atomic absorption, x-ray fluorescence, SEM/EDX, and electron spin resonance.
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Momentive Performance Materials
