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Granted Patent B2
US 12,275,668 · App. 18/537,240 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Scratch resistant glass and method of making

Inventors: Jaymin Amin (Corning, NY); Xiaoju Guo (Pittsford, NY); Pascale Oram (Painted Post, NY); Rostislav Vatchev Roussev (Painted Post, NY); Ljerka Ukrainczyk (Ithaca, NY); Taylor Marie Wilkinson (Painted Post, NY)
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
C03C21/002C03C3/093C03C3/125C03C4/18H05K5/0017H05K5/03C03C2204/00Y10T428/315
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Patent No.
US 12,275,668
App. No.
18/537,240
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article includes exposing a glass-based substrate having a lithium aluminosilicate composition to an ion exchange treatment to form the glass-based article. The ion exchange treatment including a molten salt bath having a concentration of a sodium salt in a range from 8 mol % to 100 mol %. The glass-based article includes sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article The glass-based article has compressive stress layer extending from the surface to a spike depth of layer from 4 micrometers to 8 micrometers. The glass-based article includes a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K 2 O) to sodium oxide (Na 2 O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8.

Claims (26)

1. A glass-based article comprising:

sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article;

a compressive layer extending from the surface to a spike depth of layer (DOL spike ) from 4 micrometers to 8 micrometers; and

a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K 2 O) to sodium oxide (Na 2 O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of the glass-based article of 0.4 micrometers that is from 0.6 to 1.6.

2. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises an average compressive stress (CS avg ) of greater than or equal to 115 MPa over a depth from 15 micrometers to 40 micrometers.

3. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises a depth of compression (DOC) that is greater than or equal to 0.19t.

4. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises a depth of compression (DOC) that is greater than or equal to 150 micrometers.

5. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises a Knoop scratch initiation threshold of greater than or equal to 5 N.

6. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises compressive stress at a knee (CS knee ) of greater than or equal to 115 MPa, and the DOL spike is greater than or equal to 4.4 micrometers.

7. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article comprises compressive stress at a knee (CS knee ) of greater than or equal to 135 MPa, and the DOL spike is greater than or equal to 5 micrometers.

8. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the glass-based article has a maximum compressive stress (CS max ) of greater than or equal to 500 MPa.

9. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein at a center of the glass-based article a molar ratio of sodium oxide (Na 2 O) to lithium oxide (Li 2 O) is less than or equal to 0.63.

10. The glass-based article of claim 9 , wherein at the center of the glass-based article the molar ratio of sodium oxide (Na 2 O) to lithium oxide (Li 2 O) is greater than or equal to 0.10.

11. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein a center of the glass-based article comprises: 9.39-25 mol % alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), 0.1-20 mol % sodium oxide (Na 2 O), and up to 9.01 mol % boron oxide (B 2 O 3 ), and at least one alkaline earth metal oxide, wherein 15 mol %≤(R 2 O+R′O−Al 2 O 3 −ZrO 2 )−B 2 O 3 ≤2 mol %, where R is Na and optionally one or more of Li, K, Rb, and Cs, and R′ is one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.

12. The glass-based article of claim 1 , comprising a lithium aluminosilicate composition.

13. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of potassium oxide (K 2 O) to sodium oxide (Na 2 O) is 0.8 to 1.4.

14. The glass-based article of claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of potassium oxide (K 2 O) to sodium oxide (Na 2 O) is 1 to 1.3.

15. The glass-based article of claim 1 , comprising a potassium depth of layer (DOL K ) of 4 to 8 micrometers.

16. The glass-based article of claim 1 , comprising a potassium depth of layer (DOL K ) of 5 to 7 micrometers.

17. The glass-based article of claim 1 , exhibiting an amorphous microstructure that is substantially free of crystals or crystallites.

18. The glass-based article of claim 1 , comprising a thickness of 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm.

19. A consumer electronic product comprising:

a housing having a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces;

electrical components provided at least partially within the housing, the electrical components including at least a controller, a memory, and a display, the display being provided at or adjacent the front surface of the housing; and

a cover disposed over the display,

wherein at least a portion of at least one of the housing and cover comprises the glass-based article of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: AMIN, JAYMIN; GUO, XIAOJU; ORAM, PASCALE; ROUSSEV, ROSTISLAV VATCHEV; UKRAINCZYK, LJERKA; WILKINSON, TAYLOR MARIE
To: CORNING INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 067110/0442 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17894693 · Aug 24, 2022
Division 16826473 · Mar 23, 2020
Provisional Application 62826300 · Mar 29, 2019
Related Publication 20240109806A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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