Lead-free glass composition, and glass composite material, glass paste, and sealing structure body containing the same
The lead-free glass composition contains vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, alkali metal oxide, iron oxide, barium oxide, and tungsten oxide while containing substantially no phosphorus oxide, and further contains at least one of additional components including yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, erbium oxide, ytterbium oxide, aluminum oxide, and gallium oxide. A content of the tellurium oxide is equal to or more than 25 mol %, and equal to or less than 43 mol % in terms of oxide TeO 2 . A content of the alkali metal oxide is equal to or more than 4 mol %, and equal to or less than 27 mol % in terms of oxide R 2 O (R: alkali metal element).
1. A lead-free glass composition which contains vanadium oxide, tellurium oxide, alkali metal oxide, iron oxide, barium oxide, and tungsten oxide while containing substantially no phosphorus oxide, the lead-free glass composition further containing at least one of additional components including yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, erbium oxide, ytterbium oxide, aluminum oxide, and gallium oxide,
wherein a content of the tellurium oxide is equal to or more than 25 mol %, and equal to or less than 43 mol % in terms of the oxide TeO 2 ; and
a content of the alkali metal oxide is equal to or more than 4 mol %, and equal to or less than 27 mol % in terms of the oxide R 2 O (R: alkali metal element).
2. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal oxide is at least one of Li 2 O, Na 2 O, and K 2 O.
3. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein contents (mol %) of the vanadium oxide, the tellurium oxide, the alkali metal oxide, the iron oxide, the barium oxide, and the tungsten oxide form relationships in terms of following oxides, including:
[V 2 O 3 ]<2[R 2 O]+6[Fe 2 O 3 ]+2[BaO]<3.5[V 2 O 5 ];
[WO 3 ]<[BaO]<[R 2 O]+[Fe 2 O 3 ]<[V 2 O 5 ]<[TeO 2 ]+[R 2 O]; and
[R 2 O]<6[Fe 2 O 3 ].
4. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali metal oxide R 2 O is Li 2 O.
5. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein a second endothermic peak temperature (softening point) in a differential thermal analysis of the lead-free glass composition is equal to 330° C. or lower, and a density of the lead-free glass composition is equal to 3.8 g/cm 3 or lower.
6. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of V 2 O 3 is equal to or more than 30.5 mol %, and equal to or less than 45 mol %, the content of Fe 2 O 3 is equal to or more than 2.5 mol %, and equal to or less than 8 mol %, the content of BaO is equal to or more than 3 mol %, and equal to or less than 10 mol %, and the content of WO 3 is equal to or more than 1 mol %, and equal to or less than 6 mol % in terms of the oxides.
7. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 6 , wherein the R 2 O content is equal to or more than 12 mol %, and equal to or less than 27 mol % in terms of the oxide.
8. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the additional component is equal to or more than 0.5 mol %, and equal to or less than 4.5 mol % in terms of oxides Y 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , CeO 2 , Er 2 O 3 , Yb 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , and Ga 2 O 3 .
9. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the additional component is at least one of the yttrium oxide, the lanthanum oxide, and the aluminum oxide; and
the content of the additional component is equal to or more than 1 mol %, and equal to or less than 3 mol % in terms of oxides Y 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , and Al 2 O 3 .
10. The lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , wherein the contents (mol %) of the additional components form a relationship in terms of following oxides of
2[R 2 O]+6[Fe 2 O 3 ]+2[BaO]+6[Y 2 O 3 ]+6[La 2 O 3 ]+4[CeO 2 ]+6[Er 2 O 3 ]+6[Yb 2 O 3 ]+6[Al 2 O 3 ]+6[Ga 2 O 3 ]<3.5[V 2 O 5 ].
11. A glass composite material containing the lead-free glass composition according to claim 1 , and particles of ceramic or glass beads.
12. The glass composite material according to claim 11 ,
wherein a content of the lead-free glass composition is equal to or more than 40 vol %, and less than 100 vol %; and
a content of the ceramic is more than 0 vol %, and equal to or less than 60 vol %.
13. The glass composite material according to claim 11 , wherein the ceramic or glass beads contains any one of zirconium phosphate tungstate (Zr 2 (WO 4 )(PO 4 ) 2 ), quartz glass (SiO 2 ), borosilicate glass (SiO 2 —B 2 O 3 base), soda-lime glass (SiO 2 —Na 2 O—CaO base), β-eucryptite (Li 2 O.Al 2 O 3 .2SiO 2 ), cordierite (2MgO.2Al 2 O 3 .5SiO 2 ), zirconium silicate (ZrSiO 4 ), alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), mullite (3Al 2 O 3 .2SiO 2 ), and niobium oxide (Nb 2 O 3 ).
14. The glass composite material according to claim 13 ,
wherein the ceramic or ass beads is one of the zirconium phosphate tungstate (Zr 2 (WO 4 )(PO 4 ) 2 ) and the quartz glass (SiO 2 ); and
a content of the ceramic is equal to or more than 30 vol %, and equal to or less than 60 vol %.
15. A glass paste containing the glass composite material according to claim 11 , a binder, and a solvent.
16. The glass paste according to claim 15 , wherein polypropylene carbonate is used for forming the binder, and dihydroterpineol is used for forming the solvent.
17. A sealing structure body made of the glass composite material according to claim 11 , including an inner space and a sealing part which isolates at least a part of the boundary between the inner space and the outside,
having an inner space, the sealing structure body comprising a sealing part made of the glass composite material according to claim 11 , the sealing part isolating at least a part of a boundary between the inner space and the outside.
18. The sealing structure body according to claim 17 , wherein the sealing structure body is in the form of a vacuum heat insulating multilayer glass panel, a display panel, or a package device.