Precision quartz capillary tubes are widely used in gas chromatography (GC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), capillary electrophoresis, optical fiber communications, laser optics, and microfluidic instrumentation due to their superior thermal stability and chemical purity.
Doping fused silica with fluorine effectively lowers its refractive index relative to pure silica. This modification makes it ideal for specialized optical waveguiding, optical cladding, laser beam delivery, and medical endoscopic devices requiring controlled numerical aperture.
Advanced thermal drawing and polishing processes allow inner diameter (ID) and outer diameter (OD) tolerances to be maintained as tight as ±0.001 mm to ±0.005 mm, depending on the custom profile and overall tubing dimensions.
High-purity quartz provides continuous thermal resistance up to 1100°C–1200°C and has a very low thermal expansion coefficient. It resists almost all acids and organic solvents, with exceptions being hydrofluoric acid and concentrated hot phosphoric acid.
Yes, precision capillaries can be tailored with circular, square, rectangular, D-shaped, or multi-bore (such as dual-bore or four-bore) geometries according to specific drawing designs and technical drawings.