Silico-sodo-calcic glass composition

1. Glass hollowware formed by molding, pressing or blowing, and comprising a soda-lime-silicate glass composition, comprising the optical absorbents below, in contents varying within the following weight limits:

Fe 2 O 3 (total iron)

0.01 to 0.15%

V 2 O 5 (total vanadium)

0.11 to 0.40%

MnO (total manganese)

0.05 to 0.40%

wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, an ultraviolet transmission T uv , measured between 295 and 380 nm, not exceeding 40% and chromatic coordinates (a*,b*) under illuminant C of between −3 and +3.

2. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the MnO content is not less than 0.10%.

3. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , further comprising cobalt oxide (CoO) in a content not exceeding 0.0025%.

4. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the V 2 O 5 content is not less than 0.16%.

5. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, an ultraviolet transmission not exceeding 20%.

6. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, a chromatic coordinate a* measured under illuminant C of between −2 and 2.

7. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, a chromatic coordinate b* measured under illuminant C of between 0 and 3.

8. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, a light transmission factor under illuminant C of not less than 70%.

9. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , comprising the coloring agents below in contents varying within the following weight limits:

Fe 2 O 3 (total iron)

0.02 to 0.08%

V 2 O 5 (total vanadium)

0.16 to 0.25%

MnO (total manganese)

0.20 to 0.30% and

CoO

  0 to 0.0020%.

10. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , comprising the coloring agents below in contents varying within the following weight limits:

Fe 2 O 3 (total iron)

0.02 to 0.08%

V 2 O 5 (total vanadium)

0.19 to 0.22%

MnO (total manganese)

0.13 to 0.18% and

CoO

  0 to 0.0010%.

11. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the redox state of the glass does not exceed 0.2.

12. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , including a glass matrix comprising the following constituents (in percentages by weight):

SiO 2

64-75%

Al 2 O 3

 0-5%

B 2 O 3

 0-5%

CaO

 5-15%

MgO

 0-10%

Na 2 O

10-18%

K 2 O

 0-5% and

BaO

 0-5%.

13. A process for manufacturing the glass hollowware according to claim 1 and having an MnO/V 2 O 5 ratio of between 1.2 and 1.8, the process comprising melting the batch mix in a melting furnace, the said batch mix providing all of the oxides in the composition, and forming said glass to obtain hollowware.

14. A process for manufacturing the glass hollowware according to claim 1 and having an MnO/V 2 O 5 ratio of between 0.5 and 1.2, the process comprising melting part of the batch mix, transporting the molten glass to the forming device, adding oxides during transporting to said molten glass by glass fits or agglomerates, all of the vanadium and manganese oxides, or the manganese oxide alone, being added to the composition during this step, and forming said glass to obtain hollowware.

15. The process according to claim 14 , wherein the MnO/V 2 O 5 ratio is between 0.8 and 1.2.

16. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the MnO content is not less than 0.13%.

17. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the V 2 O 5 content is between 0.19 and 0.22%.

18. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, a chromatic coordinate a* measured under illuminant C of between 1 and 1.

19. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the glass has, for a thickness of 3 mm, a light transmission factor under illuminant C of not less than 80%.

20. The glass hollowware according to claim 1 , wherein the redox state of the glass does not exceed 0.1.