IP Library Granted Patent US 8,962,503
Granted Patent B2
US 8,962,503 · App. 13/547,529 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Colored glass plate

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Patent No.
US 8,962,503
App. No.
13/547,529
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a colored glass plate, which uses sodium sulfate (Na 2 SO 3 ) as a refining agent and which is capable of stably maintaining the mass percentage of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 at a high level, while suppressing development of an amber color that is derived from sodium sulfate. A colored glass plate made of alkali-containing silica glass containing elements of iron, tin and sulfur, wherein the percentage of the total sulfur calculated as SO 3 is at least 0.025% as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, the percentage of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is from 60 to 80% as represented by mass percentage, and the percentage of divalent tin calculated as SnO 2 in the total tin calculated as SnO 2 is at least 0.1% as represented by mol percentage.

Claims (18)

1. A colored glass plate made of alkali-containing silica glass comprising elements of iron, tin and sulfur, wherein the percentage of the total sulfur calculated as SO 3 is 0.025-0.065% as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, the percentage of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is from 60 to 80% as represented by mass percentage, the content of Na 2 O is at least 0.5% as represented by mass percentage based on oxides, and the percentage of divalent tin calculated as SnO 2 in the total tin calculated as SnO 2 is at least 0.1% as represented by mol percentage, and wherein said colored glass plate is produced by a float process.

2. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which has an absorption coefficient of at most 1.00 cm −1 at a wavelength of 380 nm.

3. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the percentage of divalent tin calculated as SnO 2 in the total tin calculated as SnO 2 is at least 3% and at most 40% as represented by mol percentage.

4. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on the following oxides:

SiO 2 : from 30 to 80%,

Al 2 O 3 : from 0 to 30%,

B 2 O 3 : from 0 to 20%,

MgO: from 0 to 30%,

CaO: from 0 to 30%,

Na 2 O: from 0.5 to 50%,

K 2 O: From 0 to 50%,

Total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 : from 0.001 to 5%,

Total tin calculated as SnO 2 : from 0.001 to 5%.

5. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which comprises, as represented by mass percentage based on the following oxide:

Total sulfur calculated as SO 3 : from 0.055 to 0.065%.

6. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Na 2 O is from 1 to 30% as represented by mass percentage based on oxides.

7. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the Te value of the colored glass plate is at most 50%.

8. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the Sn-Redox of the colored glass plate is 0.1 to 50%.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: NAGAI, KENSUKE; SUZUKI, YUICHI; MAEHARA, TERUTAKA
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028538/0756 →