Vitroceramic plate
A transparent, colorless and non-scattering glass-ceramic plate of lithium aluminosilicate type and containing crystals of β-quartz structure, the chemical composition of which does not contain oxides of arsenic, of antimony and of neodymium, and includes the following constituents within the limits defined below, expressed as weight percentages: SiO 2 55-75%; Al 2 O 3 12-25%; Li 2 O 2-5%; Na 2 O+K 2 O 0-<2%; Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O 0-<7%; CaO 0.3-5%; MgO 0-5%; SrO 0-5%; BaO 0.5-10%; CaO+BaO >1%; ZnO 0-5%; TiO 2 ≤1.9%; ZrO 2 ≤3%; TiO 2 +ZrO 2 >3.80%; SnO 2 ≥0.1%; SnO 2 /(SnO 2 +ZrO 2 +TiO 2 )<0.1.
1. A transparent, colorless and non-scattering glass-ceramic plate of lithium aluminosilicate and containing crystals of β-quartz structure, the chemical composition of which does not contain oxides of arsenic, of antimony and of neodymium, and comprises the following constituents within the limits defined below, expressed as weight percentages:
SiO 2
55-75%,
Al 2 O 3
12-25%,
Li 2 O
2-5%,
Na 2 O + K 2 O
0-<2%,
Li 2 O + Na 2 O + K 2 O
0-<7%,
CaO
0.3-5%,
MgO
0-5%,
SrO
0-5%,
BaO
0.5-10%,
CaO + BaO
>1%,
ZnO
0-5%,
TiO 2
≤1.9%,
ZrO 2
≤3%,
TiO 2 + ZrO 2
>3.80%,
SnO 2
≥0.1%,
SnO 2 /(SnO 2 +
<0.1
ZrO 2 + TiO 2 ).
2. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a light transmission factor of the glass-ceramic plate is at least 75%, and the b* color coordinate of the glass-ceramic plate is at most 20.
3. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass-ceramic has a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of at most 10×10 −7 K −1 between 20 and 700° C.
4. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the crystals of β-quartz structure have a size of at most 100 nm.
5. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sum of the TiO 2 and ZrO 2 contents is greater than 4%.
6. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the TiO 2 content is at most 1.8%.
7. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the SnO 2 content is at least 0.15%.
8. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the CaO content is at least 0.8%.
9. A glass plate capable of being converted to a glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 by a ceramization treatment.
10. A cooking device comprising at least one plate as claimed in claim 1 .
11. A domestic oven door comprising at least one plate as claimed in claim 1 .
12. A fireplace insert comprising at least one plate as claimed in claim 1 .
13. A fire-resistant glazing comprising at least one plate as claimed in claim 1 .
14. A process for obtaining a glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , comprising performing a melting step, a forming step, then a ceramization step.
15. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 1 , comprising, expressed as weight percentages:
SiO 2
60-70%,
Al 2 O 3
19-24%,
Li 2 O
3-4%,
Na 2 O + K 2 O
0-1%,
Li 2 O + Na 2 O + K 2 O
0-5%,
CaO
0.3-5%,
MgO
0-1%,
SrO
0-1%,
BaO
1-5%,
CaO + BaO
3-5%,
ZnO
1-2%,
TiO 2
≤1.9%,
ZrO 2
2-3%,
TiO 2 + ZrO 2
>3.80%,
SnO 2
≥0.1%,
SnO 2 /(SnO 2 +
<0.06
ZrO 2 + TiO 2 ).
16. The glass-ceramic plate as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the b* color coordinate of the glass-ceramic plate is at most 15.
17. The domestic oven door as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the plate is the closest to a chamber of said an oven that includes the domestic oven door.