IP Library Granted Patent US 10,011,521
Granted Patent B2
US 10,011,521 · App. 15/290,090 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Colored glass plate and method for manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 10,011,521
App. No.
15/290,090
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a colored glass plate of which the mass ratio of divalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 to total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 can be stably maintained at a high level while amber coloring derived from salt cake (Na 2 SO 4 ) is suppressed by reducing the amount of salt cake used as a refining agent, and which has less bubbles regardless of a small amount of total sulfur as calculated as SO 3 . A colored glass plate which is made of alkali-containing silica glass containing iron, tin and sulfur, wherein, as represented by mass % based on oxides, the proportion of total sulfur as calculated as SO 3 is less than 0.025%, the proportion of divalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 to total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is at least 45%, the proportion of divalent tin as calculated as SnO 2 to total tin as calculated as SnO 2 is at least 0.1% as represented by mol %, and β-OH is at least 0.15 mm −1 .

Claims (95)

1. A colored glass plate, comprising an alkali-containing silica glass comprising iron, tin and sulfur, wherein, as represented by mass % based on oxides:

the proportion of Na 2 O is from 0.5 to 50%,

the proportion of total sulfur as calculated as SO 3 is from 0.005 to less than 0.025%,

the proportion of divalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 to total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is at least 45%,

the proportion of divalent tin as calculated as SnO 2 to total tin as calculated as SnO 2 is at least 0.1% as represented by mol %, and

wherein β-OH is at least 0.15 mm −1 .

2. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of divalent tin as calculated as SnO 2 to total tin as calculated as SnO 2 is at least 1% as represented by mol %.

3. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of divalent tin as calculated as SnO 2 to total tin as calculated as SnO 2 is from 0.2 to 40% as represented by mol %.

4. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of divalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 to total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is at least 55%.

5. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of divalent iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 to total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3 is at least 60%.

6. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of total sulfur as calculated as SO 3 as represented by mass % based on oxides is at least 0.01% and less than 0.02%.

7. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of total sulfur as calculated as SO 3 as represented by mass % based on oxides is from 0.010% to less than 0.025%.

8. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains substantially no TiO 2 .

9. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , comprising TiO 2 , and having a TiO 2 content of at most 3.0% as represented by mass % based on oxides.

10. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of MgO as represented by mass % based on oxides is less than 2%.

11. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides:

SiO 2

30 to 80%, 

Al 2 O 3

0 to 30% 

B 2 O 3

0 to 20%,

MgO

0 to 30%,

CaO

0 to 30%,

Na 2 O

0.5 to 50%,  

K 2 O

0 to 50%,

total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3

 0.001 to 5%, and

total tin as calculated as SnO 2

0.001 to 5%.

12. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides:

SiO 2

65 to 73%, 

Al 2 O 3

3 to 5% 

B 2 O 3

0 to 1%,

MgO

at least 0% and less than 2%,

CaO

7 to 10%, 

Na 2 O

12 to 16%, 

K 2 O

1 to 5%,

total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3

  0.1 to 0.9%, and

total tin as calculated as SnO 2

0.02 to 0.3%.

13. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains substantially no B 2 O 3 and contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides:

SiO 2

65 to 73%,

Al 2 O 3

  3 to 5%

MgO

at least 0% and less than 2%,

CaO

 7 to 10%,

Na 2 O

12 to 16%,

K 2 O

 1 to 5%,

total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3

    0.3 to 0.9%, and

total tin as calculated as SnO 2

0.02 to 0.3%.

14. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains, as represented by mass % based on oxides:

SiO 2

65 to 75%, 

Al 2 O 3

0 to 3% 

B 2 O 3

0 to 1%,

MgO

2 to 5%,

CaO

7 to 10%, 

Na 2 O

11 to 15%, 

K 2 O

0 to 5%,

total iron as calculated as Fe 2 O 3

  0.1 to 0.9%, and

total tin as calculated as SnO 2

0.02 to 0.3%.

15. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein 443−420×β-OH (mm −1 )−4.8×Fe-redox (%) is less than 100.

16. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio Tv/Te of the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) to the solar transmittance Te as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, is at least 1.3.

17. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio Tv/Te of the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) to the solar transmittance Te as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, is at least 1.85.

18. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the solar transmittance Te is at most 65% calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) is at least 60% calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate as defined in JIS R3106 (1998).

19. The colored glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the solar transmittance Te is at most 50% calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate as defined in JIS R3106 (1998), and the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) is at least 60% calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate as defined in JIS R3106 (1998).

20. A process for producing a colored glass plate, which comprises melting a glass raw material, followed by forming to produce soda lime silica glass, wherein the glass after the forming is the colored glass plate as defined in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: NAGAI, KENSUKE; SHIMADA, YUYA; ARAI, YUSUKE
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 039982/0814 →