IP Library Granted Patent US 9,206,079
Granted Patent B2
US 9,206,079 · App. 14/343,165 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Chemically strengthened glass plate and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Yu Matsuda (Mie, JP); Tatsuya Tsuzuki (Mie, JP); Naoki Mitamura (Mie, JP); Tadashi Muramoto (Mie, JP)
Assignee: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
C03C21/002C03C3/087C03C21/00C03C21/001Y10T428/315
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Patent No.
US 9,206,079
App. No.
14/343,165
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention aims to provide a chemically strengthened glass plate which has a good yield in a cutting process of the chemically strengthened glass plate and has sufficient strength. The chemically strengthened glass plate has a surface compressive stress of not less than 600 MPa at a surface of the chemically strengthened glass plate, and a compressive stress layer containing two types of stress patterns A and B. The stress pattern A is a stress pattern of a surface portion of the glass plate, and the stress pattern B is a stress pattern of an inside of the glass plate. The stress patterns satisfy the formula S A >S B where S A represents a slope of the stress pattern A and S B represents a slope of the stress pattern B when the stress patterns A and B are each approximated by a linear function.

Claims (27)

1. A chemically strengthened glass plate manufactured by ion exchange of a surface of a glass plate to replace alkali metal ions A which are largest in amount among all alkali metal ion components of the glass plate with alkali metal ions B having a larger ionic radius than the alkali metal ions A,

the chemically strengthened glass plate having:

a surface compressive stress of not less than 600 MPa at a surface of the chemically strengthened glass plate; and

a compressive stress layer containing two types of stress patterns X and Y, the stress pattern X being a stress pattern of a surface portion of the glass plate, the stress pattern Y being a stress pattern of an inside of the glass plate,

wherein the stress patterns satisfy the formula S A >S B where S A represents a slope of the stress pattern X and S B represents a slope of the stress pattern Y when the stress patterns X and Y are each approximated by a linear function,

wherein, when an interference pattern of the chemically strengthened glass plate is observed with a surface stress meter based on a principle of an optical waveguide effect, at least one of values r 2 /r 1 and r 3 /r 2 is in a range of 0.3 to 0.7, where r 1 represents an interval between a line of an interference pattern closest to the surface of the glass, and a line of an interference pattern second closest to the surface of the glass; r 2 represents an interval between the line of an interference pattern second closest to the surface of the glass, and a line of an interference pattern third closest to the surface of the glass; and r 3 represents an interval between the line of an interference pattern third closest to the surface of the glass, and a line of an interference pattern fourth closest to the surface of the glass,

wherein the compressive stress layer at the surface of the chemically strengthened glass plate has a depth of 5 to 25 μm.

2. The chemically strengthened glass plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the surface compressive stress at the surface of the chemically strengthened glass plate is 600 to 900 MPa.

3. The chemically strengthened glass plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the chemically strengthened glass plate has a thickness of 0.03 to 3 mm.

4. The chemically strengthened glass plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glass before the ion exchange is made of soda-lime glass substantially composed of SiO 2 : 65 to 75%, Na 2 O+K 2 O: 5 to 20%, CaO: 2 to 15%, MgO: 0 to 10%, and Al 2 O 3 : 0 to 5% on a mass basis.

5. The chemically strengthened glass plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ion exchange includes:

a first step of contacting the glass plate with a first salt that includes alkali metal ions A and B at a proportion P of the alkali metal ions A as expressed as a molar percentage of a total amount of the alkali metal ions A and B; and

a subsequent second step of contacting the glass plate with a second salt that includes alkali metal ions A and B at a proportion Q of the alkali metal ions A as expressed as a molar percentage of the total amount of the alkali metal ions A and B, where the proportion Q is smaller than the proportion P.

6. A method of manufacturing the chemically strengthened glass plate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ion exchange includes:

a first step of contacting the glass plate with a first salt that includes alkali metal ions A and B at a proportion P of the alkali metal ions A as expressed as a molar percentage of the total amount of the alkali metal ions A and B; and

a subsequent second step of contacting the glass plate with a second salt that includes alkali metal ions A and B at a proportion Q of the alkali metal ions A as expressed as a molar percentage of the total amount of the alkali metal ions A and B, where the proportion Q is smaller than the proportion P.

7. The method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the compressive stress layer formed through the first step at a surface of the glass plate has a depth of 5 to 23 μm.

8. The method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the proportion P is 5 to 50 mol%.

9. The method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the proportion Q is 0 to 10 mol%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: MATSUDA, YU; TSUZUKI, TATSUYA; MITAMURA, NAOKI; MURAMOTO, TADASHI
To: CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032942/0976 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-215606 · Sep 29, 2011 · national
JP 2012-139804 · Jun 21, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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