IP Library Granted Patent US 8,835,007
Granted Patent B2
US 8,835,007 · App. 13/569,633 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Tempered glass and tempered glass sheet

Inventors: Takashi Murata (Shiga, JP); Takako Tojyo (Shiga, JP); Kosuke Kawamoto (Shiga, JP); Yuusuke Tomita (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
C03C3/085C03C3/087C03B25/08C03C3/062C03C21/002
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Patent No.
US 8,835,007
App. No.
13/569,633
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tempered glass has a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, and includes as a glass composition in terms of mol %, 50 to 75% of SiO 2 , 3 to 13% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 1.5% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 4% of Li 2 O, 7 to 20 % of Na 2 O, 0 to 10 % of K 2 O, 0.5 to 13% of MgO, 0 to 6% of CaO, and 0 to 4.5% of SrO. The tempered glass is substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F. The tempered glass has a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+Al 2 O 3 ) of 0.05 to 0.30.

Claims (108)

1. A glass sheet to be tempered by being subjected to a tempering treatment, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

50 to 75% of SiO 2 ,

3 to 13% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1.5% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 4% of Li 2 O,

7 to 20% of Na 2 O,

0 to 10% of K 2 O,

0.5 to 13% of MgO,

0 to 6% of CaO, and

0 to 4.5% of SrO,

wherein the glass sheet is substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F, and

wherein the glass sheet has:

a length of 500 mm or more,

a width of 500 mm or more,

a thickness of 1.5 mm or less, and

an Fmax value of 5 MPa or less, wherein the Fmax value is a maximum value of residual stresses in a planar direction with respect to all planar portions of the glass sheet.

2. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet comprises, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

50 to 75% of SiO 2 ,

4 to 13% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1.5% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 2% of Li 2 O,

9 to 18% of Na 2 O,

1 to 8% of K 2 O,

0.5 to 12% of MgO,

0 to 3.5% of CaO,

0 to 3% of SrO, and

0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 .

3. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet comprises, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

50 to 75% of SiO 2 ,

4 to 12% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of Li 2 O,

10 to 17% of Na 2 O,

2 to 7% of K 2 O,

1.5 to 12% of MgO,

0 to 3% of CaO,

0 to 1% of SrO, and

0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 .

4. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet comprises, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

55 to 75% of SiO 2 ,

4 to 11% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of Li 2 O,

10 to 16% of Na 2 O,

2 to 7% of K 2 O,

3 to 12% of MgO,

0 to 3% of CaO,

0 to 1% of SrO,

0.5 to 10% of ZrO 2 , and

0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 .

5. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet comprises, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

55 to 69% of SiO 2 ,

4 to 11% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of Li 2 O,

11 to 16% of Na 2 O,

2 to 7% of K 2 O,

3 to 9% of MgO,

0 to 3% of CaO,

0 to 1% of SrO,

1 to 9% of ZrO 2 , and

0 to 0.1% of TiO 2 .

6. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a degradation coefficient D of 0.01 to 0.6.

7. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a liquidus temperature of 1,075° C. or less.

8. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a liquidus viscosity of 10 4.0 dPa·s or more.

9. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a temperature at 10 4.0 dPa·s of 1,250° C. or less.

10. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a density of 2.6 g/cm 3 or less.

11. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which has a Young's modulus of 65 GPa or more.

12. The glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 , which is formed by a float method.

13. A tempered glass sheet, which is formed by performing an ion exchange treatment to the glass sheet to be tempered according to claim 1 .

14. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 13 , comprising a compression stress layer having a compression stress value of 300 MPa or more and a thickness of 10 μm or more.

15. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 13 , which has a surface formed by polishing by 0.5 μm or more in a thickness direction.

16. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 13 , which has a ΔCS value of 50 MPa or less, wherein the ΔCS value is a difference in compression stress value between compression stress layers in surfaces opposite to each other.

17. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 13 , which has:

a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+Al 2 O 3 ) of 0.05 to 0.30,

a length of 500 mm or more,

a width of 500 mm or more,

a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm,

a Young's modulus of 65 GPa or more,

a compression stress value of a compression stress layer of 200 MPa or more,

a thickness of the compression stress layer of 20 μm or more,

a degradation coefficient D of 0.6 or less, and

a ΔCS value of 50 MPa or less, wherein the ΔCS value is a difference in compression stress value between compression stress layers in surfaces opposite to each other.

18. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 13 , which has a compression stress in a surface thereof, wherein the tempered glass sheet comprises, as a glass composition in terms of mol %,

50 to 75% of SiO 2 ,

4 to 12% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 1% of Li 2 O,

10 to 17% of Na 2 O,

0 to 7% of K 2 O,

1.5 to 12% of MgO,

0 to 3% of CaO,

0 to 1% of SrO, and

0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 ,

wherein the tempered glass has:

a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+CaO) of 0.5 or more,

a molar ratio MgO/(MgO+Al 2 O 3 ) of 0.05 to 0.30,

a length of 500 mm or more,

a width of 500 mm or more,

a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm,

a Young's modulus of 65 GPa or more,

a compression stress value of a compression stress layer of 400 MPa or more,

a thickness of the compression stress layer of 30 μm or more, and

a degradation coefficient D of 0.4 or less.

19. A touch panel display comprising the tempered glass according to claim 13 .

20. A cellular phone comprising the tempered glass according to claim 13 as a cover glass.

21. A solar battery comprising the tempered glass according to claim 13 as a cover glass.

22. A display comprising the tempered glass according to claim 13 as a protective member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: MURATA, TAKASHI; TOJYO, TAKAKO; KAWAMOTO, KOSUKE; TOMITA, YUUSUKE
To: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029062/0020 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 13351601 · Jan 17, 2012
Provisional Application 61434033 · Jan 19, 2011
Related Publication 20130017380A1 · Jan 17, 2013