A new type of transparent furnace was fabricated with a heat mirror, a glas
s-ceramic (Neoceram-0) coated with an antimony-doped tin oxide (Sb-SnO2) fi
lm. It was compared with a gold furnace, which is the usual transparent fur
nace. Their performance was almost equivalent, so the Sb-SnO2-coated Neocer
am is applicable to the transparent furnace. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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