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US 12,195,387 · App. 17/805,031 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Chemically strengthened glass article and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Kazuki Kanehara (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Imakita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C21/002C03C3/085C03C3/095
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Patent No.
US 12,195,387
App. No.
17/805,031
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chemically strengthened glass article in which a compressive stress value on a first surface is 400 MPa or more, a compressive stress value at a depth D B with a maximum compressive stress value in the range (0.05×t)−(0.15×t) μm is larger than the compressive stress value at a depth D A with a minimum compressive stress value in the range from the first surface to D B , a tensile stress value at a depth of (0.5×t) μm is 125 MPa or less, and a compressive stress layer depth is (0.23×t) μm or more.

Claims (38)

1. A chemically strengthened glass article comprising a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and end portions that are in contact with the first surface and the second surface, wherein:

a compressive stress value at the first surface is 400 MPa or more;

when a compressive stress value inside the glass article is expressed with a depth from the first surface as a variable, a compressive stress value at a depth D B is larger than a compressive stress value at a depth D A ,

provided that

the compressive stress value at the depth D A is 42.9 MPa or less;

the depth D B is a depth at which a compressive stress value is maximum in a depth range, as measured from the first surface, of (0.05×t) μm to (0.15×t) μm where t (μm) is a glass thickness, and the depth D A is a depth at which a compressive stress value is minimum in a depth range from the first surface to the depth D B ;

a tensile stress value at a depth (0.5×t) μm from the first surface is 125 MPa or less; and

a compressive stress layer depth is (0.23×t) μm or more.

2. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 1 , wherein the compressive stress value at the depth D A is greater than 0 MPa.

3. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 1 , wherein the compressive stress value at the first surface is 800 MPa to 1,200 MPa.

4. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 1 , wherein a compressive stress value CS 80 at a depth 80 μm from the first surface, measured in MPa, is equal to or greater than (t×0.1), where t is the glass thickness measured in μm.

5. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 1 , wherein the glass thickness t is 200 μm to 2,000 μm.

6. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 1 , comprising lithium aluminosilicate glass.

7. The chemically strengthened glass article according to claim 6 , comprising a glass composition in a central portion in a thickness direction, comprising, in mass % in terms of oxides,

SiO 2 : 50% to 70%;

Al 2 O 3 : 5% to 30%;

B 2 O 3 : 0% to 10%;

P 2 O 5 : 0% to 10%;

Y 2 O 3 : 0% to 10%;

Li 2 O: 3% to 15%;

Na 2 O: 0% to 10%;

K 2 O: 0% to 10%;

(MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO): 0% to 10%; and

(ZrO 2 +TiO 2 ): 0% to 5%.

8. A method of manufacturing the chemically strengthened glass article of claim 1 , the method comprising:

immersing a glass sheet comprising lithium aluminosilicate glass in a sodium-comprising molten salt at 380° C. to 500° C. for 1 to 8 hours, wherein the sodium-comprising molten salt comprises sodium ions at 50 mass % or more with respect to a mass of metal ions in the sodium-comprising molten salt regarded as 100%; and

thereafter immersing the glass sheet in a lithium-comprising molten salt.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein the lithium aluminosilicate glass comprises, in mass % in terms of oxides,

SiO 2 : 50% to 70%;

Al 2 O 3 : 5% to 30%;

B 2 O 3 : 0% to 10%;

P 2 O 5 : 0% to 10%;

Y 2 O 3 : 0% to 10%;

Li 2 O: 3% to 15%;

Na 2 O: 0% to 10%;

K 2 O: 0% to 10%;

(MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO): 0% to 10%; and

(ZrO 2 +TiO 2 ): 0% to 5%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KANEHARA, KAZUKI; IMAKITA, KENJI
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 060078/0423 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-003802 · Jan 14, 2020 · national
JP 2020-149919 · Sep 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021000250 · Jan 6, 2021
Related Publication 20220289625A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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