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US 12,297,142 · App. 18/588,038 · Granted May 13, 2025

Chemically strengthened glass, method for producing same, and glass for chemical strengthening

Inventors: Kenji Imakita (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Suguru Murayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C21/002C03C3/085C03C3/087C03C3/091C03C4/20C03C2204/00
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Patent No.
US 12,297,142
App. No.
18/588,038
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plate-like chemically strengthened glass having a compression stress layer on the surface of the glass, wherein the compressive stress value (CS 0 ) at the glass surface of is 500 MPa or more, the plate thickness (t) is 400 μm or more, the compressive stress depth of layer (DOL) is (t×0.15) μm or more, the compressive stress values (CS 1 ) and (CS 2 ) when the depth from the glass surface is ¼ and ½, respectively, are 50 MPa or more, m 1 expressed by {m 1 =(CS 1 −CS 2 /(DOL/4−DOL/2)} is −1.5 MPa/μm or more, m 2 expressed by {m 2 =(CS 2 /(DOL/2−DOL)} is 0 MPa/μm or less, and m 2 is less than m 1 .

Claims (24)

1. A chemically strengthened glass, comprising:

a chemically strengthened glass having a base composition comprising, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 50-70% of SiO 2 , 15-28% of Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% of B 2 O 3 , 2-8% of Li 2 O, 1-8% of Na 2 O, 0-9% of K 2 O, 0-5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 0-3% of ZrO 2 +TiO 2 ,

wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a sheet shape and a compressive stress layer in a glass surface, the glass surface has a compressive stress value, CS 0 , of 500 MPa or higher, a sheet thickness, t, is 400 μm or larger, a depth of the compressive stress layer, DOL, is t×0.15 μm or larger, a compressive stress value, CS 1 , measured at a point lying at a depth of ¼ of the DOL from the glass surface is 105 MPa or more, a compressive stress value, CS 2 , measured at a point lying at a depth of ½ of the DOL from the glass surface is 50 MPa or higher, a value of m 1 is −0.2 MPa/μm or less where m 1 =(CS 1 −CS 2 )/(DOL/4−DOL/2), a value of m 2 is 0 MPa/μm or less where m 2 =CS 2 /(DOL/2−DOL), and a value of m 3 is 150 MPa/μm or larger where m 3 =(CS 0 −CS 3 )/2.5, with respect to a compressive stress value, CS 3 , measured at a point lying at a depth from the glass surface of 2.5 μm.

2. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 1 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a maximum depth such that the compressive stress value is 50 MPa or higher of 0.55×DOL μm or larger with respect to the DOL.

3. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 2 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

4. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 2 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

5. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 2 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has an internal tensile stress value of less than 100 MPa.

6. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 5 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

7. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 5 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

8. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 1 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has an internal tensile stress value of less than 100 MPa.

9. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 1 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

10. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 1 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

11. A chemically strengthened glass, comprising:

a chemically strengthened glass having a base composition comprising, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 50-70% of SiO 2 , 15-28% of Al 2 O 3 , 0-10% of B 2 O 3 , 2-8% of Li 2 O, 1-8% of Na 2 O, 0-9% of K 2 O, 0-5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 0-3% of ZrO 2 +TiO 2 ,

wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a sheet shape and a compressive stress layer in a glass surface, the glass surface has a compressive stress value, CS 0 , of 500 MPa or higher, a depth of the compressive stress layer, DOL, is 100 μm or larger, a compressive stress value, CS 1 , measured at a point lying at a depth of ¼ of the DOL from the glass surface is 105 MPa or more, a compressive stress value, CS 2 , measured at a point lying at a depth of ½ of the DOL from the glass surface is 50 MPa or higher, a value of m 1 is −0.2 MPa/μm or less where m 1 =(CS 1 −CS 2 )/(DOL/4−DOL/2), a value of m 2 is 0 MPa/μm or less where m 2 =CS 2 /(DOL/2−DOL), and a value of m 3 is 150 MPa/μm or larger where m 3 =(CS 0 −CS 3 )/2.5, with respect to a compressive stress value, CS 3 , measured at a point lying at a depth from the glass surface of 2.5 μm.

12. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a maximum depth such that the compressive stress value is 50 MPa or higher of 0.55×DOL μm or larger with respect to the DOL.

13. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 12 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has an internal tensile stress value of less than 100 MPa.

14. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 12 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

15. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 12 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

16. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has an internal tensile stress value of less than 100 MPa.

17. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

18. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

19. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the chemically strengthened glass has a ratio m 1 /m 2 of 0.1 or larger.

20. The chemically strengthened glass of claim 11 , wherein the base composition of the chemically strengthened glass comprises, in mass percentage on an oxide basis, 0.1-4.5% of MgO and 0.5-5% of CaO.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-126357 · Jun 28, 2017 · national
JP 2017-207310 · Oct 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18185035 · Mar 16, 2023
Continuation 16710167 · Dec 11, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018024006 · Jun 25, 2018
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