IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,173,923
Granted Patent B2
US 10,173,923 · App. 15/234,491 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Tempered glass, tempered glass plate, and glass for tempering

Inventors: Kosuke Kawamoto (Shiga, JP); Takashi Murata (Shiga, JP); Takako Tojyo (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
C03C21/002C03B17/064C03B25/12C03C3/085C03C3/087C03C3/091C03C3/093C03C4/18H01L31/048H01L31/0488H05K5/02C03C2204/00Y02E10/50Y10T428/315
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Patent No.
US 10,173,923
App. No.
15/234,491
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tempered glass has a compressive stress layer in a surface thereof, includes as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 10 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 6% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 2% of Li 2 O, and 5 to 25% of Na 2 O, and is substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

Claims (37)

1. A method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet comprising:

blending glass raw materials so as to obtain a tempered glass sheet comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mass %:

50 to 80% of SiO 2 ,

22 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 6% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to 2% of Li 2 O, and

5 to 25% of Na 2 O,

wherein the obtained tempered glass sheet optionally comprises one or more of MgO, CaO, SrO or BaO, and is substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F;

heat-melting and fining the glass raw materials in a continuous melting furnace;

loading the resultant molten glass into a forming trough of alumina;

forming and annealing the molten glass by an overflow down-draw method so as to attain a fictive temperature Tf of 500° C. or more; and then

cutting the tempered glass flowing down from the forming trough of alumina.

2. The method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the tempered glass sheet is cut at a position spaced apart downwardly by 1,000 mm or more from a lower end of the forming trough of alumina.

3. The method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glass raw materials are blended so as to obtain a tempered glass sheet comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mass %:

50 to 76% of SiO 2 ,

22 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 6% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to less than 1.0% of Li 2 O,

more than 7.0 to 25% of Na 2 O, and

0 to 2% of SrO, and

further comprising 0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 , 0 to 2% of ZrO 2 , 0.2 to 3% of SnO 2 , and 0to 1% of P 2 O 5 , and having a molar ratio (MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)/(Al 2 O 3 +B 2 O 3 ) of from 0 to 0.55.

4. The method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the glass raw materials are blended so as to obtain a tempered glass sheet comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mass %:

50 to 73% of SiO 2 ,

22 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 ,

0 to 6% of B 2 O 3 ,

0 to less than 1.0% of Li 2 O,

more than 7.0 to 25% of Na 2 O,

0 to 4% of CaO, and

0 to 2% of SrO, and

further comprising 0 to 0.5% of TiO 2 , 0 to 2% of ZrO 2 , 0.2 to 3% of SnO 2 , and 0to 1% of P 2 O 5 , and optionally comprising K 2 O wherein Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O is 10 to 30 mass %, and having a molar ratio (MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO)/(Al 2 O 3 +B 2 O 3 ) of from 0 to 0.55.

5. A method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet comprising:

subjecting, to ion exchange treatment, the tempered glass sheet obtained by the method according to claim 1 , so that a compression stress value of the compression stress layer is 300 MPa or more and 1,200 MPa or less, and a thickness of the compression stress layer is 10 μm or more and 60 μm or less; and obtaining the tempered glass sheet.

6. The method for manufacturing a tempered glass sheet according to claim 5 ,

wherein the tempered glass sheet is subjected to ion exchange treatment so as to have a dimensional change rate S before and after the ion exchange treatment from −1,000 ppm to +1,000 ppm.

Priority Claims (3)
JP 2012-130506 · Jun 8, 2012 · national
JP 2012-172540 · Aug 3, 2012 · national
JP 2012-202408 · Sep 14, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14378150
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