IP Library Granted Patent US 8,785,336
Granted Patent B2
US 8,785,336 · App. 13/415,889 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Alkali-free glass

Inventors: Takahiro Kawaguchi (Otsu, JP); Shinkichi Miwa (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
C03C3/091C03C3/093C03C3/095C03C3/097
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Patent No.
US 8,785,336
App. No.
13/415,889
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an alkali-free glass, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 55 to 80% of SiO 2 , 10 to 25% of A1 2 O 3 , 2 to 5.5% of B 2 O 3 , 3 to 8% of MgO, 3 to 10% of CaO, 0.5 to 5% of SrO, and 0.5 to 7% of BaO, having a molar ratio MgO/CaO of 0.5 to 1.5, being substantially free of alkali metal oxides, and having a Young's modulus of more than 80 GPa.

Claims (11)

1. An alkali-free glass, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 55 to 80% of SiO 2 , 10 to 25% of Al 2 O 3 , 2to 5.5% of B 2 O 3 , 4 to 8% of MgO, 3 to 7.5% of CaO, 0 to 5% of SrO, 0.5 to 7% of BaO, and 0 to 2% of ZnO, having a molar ratio MgO/CaO of 0.5 to 1.3, being substantially free of alkali metal oxides, having a Young's modulus of more than 80 GPa, having a liquidus temperature of 1,195° C. or less, and having an average thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature range of 30 to 380° C. of 30 to 44.2×10 −7 /° C.

2. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , further comprising 0.001 to 1 mass % of SnO 2 .

3. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has a strain point of more than 680° C.

4. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has a liquidus temperature of less than 1,195° C.

5. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has an average thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature range of 30 to 380° C. of 30 to 39.2×10 −7 /° C.

6. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has a temperature at 10 2.5 poise of less than 1,600° C.

7. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has a viscosity at a liquidus temperature of 10 4.8 poise or more.

8. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass is formed by an overflow down-draw method.

9. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass has a thickness of less than 0.5 mm.

10. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass is used for an OLED device.

11. The alkali-free glass according to claim 1 , wherein the alkali-free glass comprises in terms of mass %, 4.5 to 8% of MgO.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2012
From: KAWAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO; MIWA, SHINKICHI
To: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028645/0200 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61452220 · Mar 14, 2011
Related Publication 20120282450A1 · Nov 8, 2012