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US 9,388,064 · App. 12/461,055 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Tempered glass and manufacturing method for the same

Inventor: Takashi Murata (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
C03B17/06C03C3/093C03C3/11C03C21/002Y10T428/315
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Patent No.
US 9,388,064
App. No.
12/461,055
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tempered glass of the present invention having a compression stress layer is characterized in that a β-OH value is 0.01 to 0.5/mm. Here, the “β-OH value” is a value obtained from the following equation by measuring the transmittance of glass by FT-IR. β-OH value=(1/ X )log 10( T 1 /T 2 ) X: thickness of glass (mm) T 1 : transmittance (%) at a reference wavelength of 3,846 cm −1 T 2 : minimum transmittance (%) at a hydroxyl group absorption wavelength of around 3,600 cm −1 .

Claims (21)

1. A tempered glass having a compression stress layer, comprising, as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 50 to 57.3% of SiO 2 , 10 to 22% of Al 2 O 3 , 8 to 15% of Na 2 O, 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO 1 to 30% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, and 0 to 5% B 2 O 3 , wherein the tempered glass has a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a β-OH value of 0.01 to 0.5/mm.

2. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the β-OH value of the tempered glass is 0.4/mm or less.

3. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the glass composition further comprises, in terms of mass %, 0.0001 to 0.5 mass % of SO 3 +Cl.

4. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein a compression stress value of the compression stress layer is 300 MPa or more, and a thickness of the compression stress layer is 1 μm or more.

5. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the glass composition further comprises, in terms of mass %, less than 1% of As 2 O 3 .

6. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which has a thermal expansion coefficient of 60 to 110×10 −7 /° C.

7. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein a tensile stress value in the tempered glass is 150 MPa or less.

8. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which has a liquidus viscosity of 10 5.0 d·Pa s or more.

9. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which has a substrate shape.

10. The tempered glass according to claim 9 , which has an unpolished surface.

11. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the β-OH value of the tempered glass is 0.35/mm or less.

12. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which is used as a cover glass of a touch panel display.

13. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which is used as a cover glass of a mobile phone.

14. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which is used as a substrate or a cover glass of a solar battery.

15. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the glass composition comprises 45 to 54.2% of SiO 2 .

16. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the glass composition comprises 0 to 3% of MgO.

17. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the glass composition comprises 0 to 2% of MgO.

18. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , which is free of Li 2 O.

19. A method of producing a tempered glass, comprising the steps of: melting a glass raw material which is prepared to comprise, as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 50 to 57.3% of SiO 2 , 10 to 22% of Al 2 O 3 , 8 to 15% of Na 2 O, 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, 1 to 30% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0 to 5% B 2 O and a β-OH value of 0.01 to 0.5/mm; forming the resulting molten glass into a substrate having a thickness of 1.5 mm or less; and performing an ion exchange treatment to form a compression stress layer on the glass substrate.

20. The method of producing a tempered glass according to claim 19 , wherein a cutting process is performed after the ion exchange treatment.

21. The method of producing a tempered glass according to claim 19 , wherein the forming of the molten glass into the substrate is performed by an overflow down draw method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2009
From: MURATA, TAKASHI
To: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023076/0150 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-168653 · Jun 27, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTJP2009060431 · Jun 8, 2009
Related Publication 20090325776A1 · Dec 31, 2009