IP Library Granted Patent US 10,773,991
Granted Patent B2
US 10,773,991 · App. 15/958,032 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Soda-lime glass

Inventors: Hiroyuki Hijiya (Tokyo, JP); Kensuke Nagai (Tokyo, JP); Eriko Maeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C3/087C03C3/078C03C3/095
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Patent No.
US 10,773,991
App. No.
15/958,032
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a soda lime glass, a content of total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.25 to 1%, a mass proportion of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is 30 to 50%, a content of total sulfur calculated as SO 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.003 to 0.1%, and a content of Se is 3 mass ppm or more. In the soda lime glass, visible light transmittance Tv _D65 is 30 to 55% calculated as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet, solar direct transmittance Te is 20 to 40% calculate as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet, and excitation purity Pe is 8.0% or less calculated as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet.

Claims (53)

1. A soda lime glass, wherein

a content of total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.25 to 0.55%,

a mass proportion of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is 30 to 50%,

a content of total sulfur calculated as SO 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.003 to 0.1%,

a content of Se expressed in mass ppm is 3 ppm or more,

visible light transmittance Tv _D65 in accordance with ISO-9050:2003 is 30 to 55% calculated as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet,

solar direct transmittance Te in accordance with ISO-13837A:2008 is 20 to 40% calculate as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet, and

excitation purity Pe in accordance with JIS Z 8701(1999) is 8.0% or less calculated as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet,

and wherein the soda lime glass does not substantially contain a manganese (Mn) component.

2. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , comprising, expressed in mass % on an oxide basis:

SiO 2 : 65 to 75%;

Al 2 O 3 : 0 to 6%;

MgO: 0 to 10%;

CaO: 5 to 12%;

Na 2 O: 5 to 18%; and

K 2 O: 0 to 5%.

3. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the mass proportion of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is 34 to 50%.

4. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Se expressed in mass ppm is 6 ppm or more.

5. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a content of total Co calculated as CoO, expressed in mass ppm on an oxide basis, is 1 to 100 ppm.

6. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the content of total Co calculated as CoO, expressed in mass ppm on an oxide basis, is 15 to 100 ppm.

7. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the content of total Co calculated as CoO, expressed in mass ppm on an oxide basis, is 41 to 100 ppm.

8. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a content of CeO 2 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 1% or less.

9. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a content of MnO 2 or MnO, expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.0015% or less.

10. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:

365≤ E≤ 2710

wherein parameter E is defined as follows:

E=− 10×[Fe 2 O 3 ]×[Fe-Redox]/100+(65×[Fe 2 O 3 ]×(1−[Fe-Redox]/100)) 2 +0.5×[Se]+0.58×[CoO] 1.76 , wherein

[Fe 2 O 3 ] is the content of the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 (expressed in mass % on an oxide basis),

[Fe-Redox] is the mass proportion (%) of the divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 ,

[Se] is the content of Se (mass ppm), and

[CoO] is the content of total Co calculated as CoO (expressed in mass ppm on an oxide basis).

11. The soda lime glass according to claim 10 , wherein the following condition is satisfied:

400≤ M≤ 2900

wherein parameter M is defined as follows:

M=E+ 1000×[SO 3 ], wherein

[SO 3 ] is the content of total residual sulfur calculated as SO 3 (expressed in mass % on an oxide basis).

12. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio Tv _D65 /Te of the Tv _D65 to the Te is 1.0 or more calculated as 6 mm thickness of the glass sheet.

13. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a coordinate in an L*a*b* color space in accordance with JIS Z 8781-4:2013 satisfies −11≤a*≤1 and −10≤b*≤10.

14. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between the Pe and a dominant wavelength Dw (nm) of transmitted light in accordance with JIS Z 8701(1999) is satisfied by one of the following relationships, when Pe is:

0≤ Pe≤ 2.3, then 416≤ Dw≤ 586;

2.3≤ Pe≤ 3.0, then 470≤ Dw≤ 524; and

3.0≤ Pe≤ 8.0, then 470≤ Dw≤ 520.

15. The soda lime glass according to claim 1 , wherein the visible light transmittance TV _D65 in accordance with ISO-9050:2003 is 30 to 50% calculated as 6 mm thickness of a glass sheet.

16. A method for manufacturing a soda lime glass sheet comprising the soda lime glass according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

(1) preparing a glass raw material to have a glass composition in which

a content of total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.25 to 0.55%,

a content of total sulfur calculated as SO 3 , expressed in mass % on an oxide basis, is 0.003 to 0.1%, and

a content of Se expressed in mass ppm is 3 ppm or more;

(2) melting the glass raw material to obtain a molten glass; and

(3) shaping the molten glass to obtain a soda lime glass sheet,

wherein the melting in (2) is performed with an amount of a reducing agent added so that a mass proportion of divalent iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 in the total iron calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is 30 to 50%, and a residual ratio of Se in the glass is 3.33% or more based on an added amount of Se,

and wherein the soda lime glass sheet does not substantially contain a manganese (Mn) component.

17. The manufacturing method according to claim 16 , wherein an amount of the added reducing agent is 0.001 mass % or more when an amount of the glass raw material is regarded as 100 mass %.

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 Apr 20, 2018
From: HIJIYA, HIROYUKI; NAGAI, KENSUKE; MAEDA, ERIKO
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045595/0834 →
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