SCRATCH-RESISTANT COATING FOR GLASS CERAMIC COOKTOP
Scratch-resistant coatings, especially for cooktops, and substrates or products having said scratch-resistant coatings and methods for the production thereof are described herein. More particularly, scratch-resistant coatings obtained via sol-gel approach and coated substrates having thereon a hard material layer comprising metal nitride(s) and/or metal oxynitride complexes are described, as well as the manufacturing thereof.
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23 . A method of forming a coated cooking surface, the method comprising:
providing a substrate defining a cooking surface;
preparing a sol coating for deposition on the cooking surface; and
depositing the sol coating on the cooking surface.
24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein preparing the sol coating includes:
solubilizing one or more metal precursors in a solvent to form a solubilized precursor;
mixing the solubilized precursor with a nitrogen carrier to form the sol coating;
wherein a molar ratio between the nitrogen carrier and the one or more metal precursors is 0.5 to 5.
25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein preparing the sol coating further includes taking the sol coating under nitrogen flux.
26 . The method of claim 24 , wherein preparing the sol coating further includes adding (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane to the sol coating.
27 . The method of claim 24 , wherein preparing the sol coating further includes adding a viscosity modifier or thickener to the sol coating.
28 . The method of claim 26 , wherein the viscosity modifier or thickener is polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), methylcellulose, or mixtures thereof.
29 . The method of claim 24 , wherein the molar ratio is 0.5 to 2.
30 . The method of claim 23 , wherein depositing the sol coating on the cooking surface is via dip-coating, spray-coating, digital printing, roll coating, screen-printing, or combinations thereof.
31 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising curing the sol coating to form a transparent and scratch-resistant coating having a scratch resistance of at least 10 N as based on pencil hardness.
32 . The method of claim 31 , wherein curing the sol coating further includes treating the sol coating under gaseous nitrogen or gaseous ammonia.
33 . A method of forming a coated cooking surface, the method comprising:
solubilizing one or more metal precursors in a solvent to form a solubilized precursor having an overall concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 M;
mixing the solubilized precursor with a nitrogen carrier to form the sol coating;
providing a substrate defining a cooking surface; and
depositing the sol coating on the cooking surface,
wherein a molar ratio between the nitrogen carrier and the one or more metal precursors is 0.5 to 5.
34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the one or more metal precursors is a metal salt, metal alkoxide, or mixtures thereof.
35 . The method of claim 34 , wherein the metal salt is aluminum chloride, zirconium chloride, titanium chloride, lithium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, vanadium chloride, silicon chloride, molybdenum (V) chloride, tungsten (IV) chloride, or mixtures thereof.
36 . The method of claim 34 , wherein the metal alkoxide is aluminum sec-butoxide, aluminum ethoxide, aluminum isopropoxide, barium isopropoxide, calcium methoxide, silicon tetraethoxide, titanium ethoxide, or mixtures thereof.
37 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the nitrogen carrier is urea, guanidine, cyanamide, 4,5-dicyanoimidazole, or mixtures thereof.
38 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the solvent is an ethanol, propanal, isopropanol, water or mixtures thereof.