IP Library Granted Patent US 9,963,379
Granted Patent B2
US 9,963,379 · App. 15/605,217 · Granted May 8, 2018

Alkali-free glass substrate and method for producing same

Inventors: Hirofumi Tokunaga (Tokyo, JP); Akio Koike (Tokyo, JP); Masaya Kunigita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
C03C4/0085C03C3/085C03C3/087C03C3/091C03C3/11C03C3/118
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Patent No.
US 9,963,379
App. No.
15/605,217
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an alkali-free glass substrate, having a strain point of 680° C. or higher, a Young's modulus of 78 GPa or greater, an UV transmittance at a wavelength of 300 nm of from 40% to 85% in terms of 0.5 mm thickness, an in-plane distribution of the UV transmittance at a wavelength of 300 nm in a G6-sized substrate of 1% or less in terms of 0.5 mm thickness, an average cooling rate around the glass transition point obtained according to a rate cooling method of 400° C./min or lower, and an in-plane distribution of the average cooling rate of 40° C./min or less.

Claims (56)

1. An alkali-free glass substrate, having a strain point of 680° C. or higher, a Young's modulus of 78 GPa or greater, an UV transmittance at a wavelength of 300 nm of from 40% to 85% in terms of 0.5 mm thickness,

wherein, at an average cooling rate around a glass transition point obtained according to a rate cooling method of 400° C./min or lower, the alkali-free glass substrate has an in-plane distribution of the UV transmittance at a wavelength of 300 nm in a substrate size of 1850 mm×1500 mm of 1% or less in terms of 0.5 mm thickness, and an in-plane distribution of the average cooling rate in the substrate size of 1850 mm×1500 mm of 40° C./min or less,

the alkali-free glass substrate comprising, on a mass percentage basis in terms of oxides:

SiO 2

50 to 73;

Al 2 O 3

10.5 to 24;

B 2 O 3

0 to 5;

MgO

0 to 10;

CaO

0 to 14.5;

SrO

0 to 24;

BaO

0 to 20;

ZrO 2

0 to 5;

SnO 2

0.01 to 1; and

Fe 2 O 3

0.005 to 0.1,

wherein MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 8 to 29.5.

2. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising, on a mass percentage basis in terms of oxides:

SiO 2

56 to 67;

Al 2 O 3

14.5 to 23;

B 2 O 3

0 to 4;

MgO

0 to 7;

CaO

0 to 8.5;

SrO

0 to 10.5;

BaO

0 to 13.5;

ZrO 2

0 to 1;

SnO 2

0.01 to 0.5; and

Fe 2 O 3

0.005 to 0.045,

wherein MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 13 to 22.

3. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , having an in-plane distribution of a content of Fe of from 0.001% to 0.003% on a mass percentage basis in terms of Fe 2 O 3 .

4. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of Fe 2 O 3 is from 0.005% to 0.017%, on a mass percentage basis in terms of oxide.

5. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising a total amount of a halogen element of from 0.001% to 1%, on a mass percentage basis in terms of oxides.

6. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising a total amount of a halogen element of from 0.03% to 1%, on a mass percentage basis in terms of oxides.

7. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising 0.03 to 0.15 mass % of fluorine.

8. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , comprising 0.01 to 0.35 mass % of chlorine.

9. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the average cooling rate around a glass transition point obtained according to a rate cooling method is 300° C./min or lower.

10. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , having the UV transmittance at a wavelength of 300 nm of from 45% to 85% in terms of 0.5 mm thickness.

11. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , having the Young's modulus of 80 GPa or greater.

12. The alkali-free glass substrate according to claim 1 , having the strain point of 710° C. or higher.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-090141 · Apr 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14919814 · Oct 22, 2015
Continuation PCTJP2014061168 · Apr 21, 2014
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