Glass, glass covering material for light-emitting device, and light-emitting device
View Patent ↗Glass is provided which is capable of covering at a covering treatment temperature of at most 400° C. and which has a low thermal expansion coefficient and excellent weather resistance. Glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 29% to 33% of P 2 O 5 , from 43% to 58% of SnO, from 11% to 25% of ZnO, from 0.1% to 2% of Ga 2 O 3 , from 0.5% to 5% of CaO, and from 0% to 1% of SrO, provided that the sum X of ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 and CaO is within a range of from 13% to 27%, as represented by mol % based on oxides.
1. Glass comprising, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 29% to 33% of P 2 O 5 , from 43% to 58% of SnO, from 11% to 25% of ZnO, from 0.1% to 2% of Ga 2 O 3 , from 0.5% to 5% of CaO, and from 0% to 1% of SrO, provided that the sum X of ZnO, Ga 2 O 3 and CaO is within a range of from 13% to 27%, as represented by mol % based on oxides.
2. The glass according to claim 1 , which comprises, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 30% to 33% of P 2 O 5 , from 44% to 53% of SnO, from 13% to 24% of ZnO, from 0.1% to 2% of Ga 2 O 3 , from 0.5% to 3% of CaO, and from 0% to 1% of SrO, wherein said X is within a range of from 18% to 26%.
3. The glass according to claim 1 , which has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of at most 120×10 −7 /° C.
4. A glass covering material for a light-emitting device, which is made of the glass as defined in claim 1 .
5. The glass covering material according to claim 4 , wherein the light-emitting device is a light-emitting device using a LED element.
6. A light-emitting device comprising an optical element disposed on a base substrate, and a covering material covering the optical element, wherein the covering material is made of the glass as defined in claim 1 .
7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the optical element is LED.