Strengthened glass, strengthened glass plate, strengthened glass container, and glass for strengthening

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9919949-B2
Application number	US-201314651368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

To devise a tempered glass and a glass to be tempered each of which is lowered in density and viscosity at high temperature, hardly deteriorates a KNO 3 molten salt, and is excellent in thermal shock resistance. The tempered glass having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, including as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 5 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 2% of Li 2 O, 5 to 25% of Na 2 O, and 0 to 5% of K 2 O, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tempered glass having a rectangular shape and having a compression stress layer in a surface thereof, a protective resin film being attached to at least one surface thereof,
two parallel sides of the protective resin film protruding beyond the tempered glass, and the other two parallel sides of the protective resin film not protruding beyond the tempered glass,
the tempered glass comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 5 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 2% of Li 2 O, 5 to 25% of Na 2 O, and 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

2. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, and 0 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

3. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 0.01 to 15% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 9 to 16.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, and 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

4. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 77% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 15% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 9 to 16.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 13 to 18.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

5. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 77% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 10% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 9 to 16.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 13 to 18.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, having a molar ratio MgO/(Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO) of from 0.01 to 0.2, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

6. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 77% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 10% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 9 to 16.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 13 to 18.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, having a molar ratio MgO/(Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO) of from 0.01 to 0.2 and a molar ratio (Al 2 O 3 +B 2 O 3 )/SiO 2 of from 0.15 to 0.30, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

7. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass has a density of 2.45 g/cm 3 or less.

8. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein when the tempered glass is immersed in a 10 mass % aqueous hydrochloric acid solution at 80° C. for 24 hours, a mass reduction, which is a value obtained by subtracting a mass of the tempered glass after the immersion from a mass of the tempered glass before the immersion and dividing a result of the subtraction by a surface area of the tempered glass before the immersion, is 40 mg/cm 2 or less.

9. 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 10 μm or more.

10. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass has a liquidus temperature of 1,200° C. or less.

11. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass has a liquidus viscosity of 10 40 dPa·s or more.

12. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass has a temperature at 10 40 dPa·s of 1,300° C. or less.

13. The tempered glass according to claim 1 , wherein the tempered glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature range of from 30 to 380° C. of 90×10 −7 /° C. or less.

14. A tempered glass sheet, comprising the tempered glass according to claim 1 .

15. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the tempered glass sheet has a length dimension of 500 mm or more, a width dimension of 300 mm or more, and a thickness of from 0.1 to 2.0 mm.

16. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the tempered glass sheet is formed by an overflow down-draw method.

17. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the tempered glass sheet is used for a touch panel display.

18. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the tempered glass sheet is used for a cover glass for a cellular phone.

19. The tempered glass sheet according to claim 14 , wherein the tempered glass sheet is used for a cover glass for a solar battery.

20. A tempered glass container, comprising the tempered glass according to claim 1 .

21. A glass to be tempered having a rectangular shape, a protective resin film having a rectangular shape being attached to at least one surface thereof,
two parallel sides of the protective resin film protruding beyond the tempered glass, and the other two parallel sides of the protective resin film not protruding beyond the tempered glass,
the tempered glass sheet comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 77% of SiO 2 , 6.5 to 12.4% of Al 2 O 3 , 1 to 10% of B 2 O 3 , 0 to 1% of Li 2 O, 9 to 15.5% of Na 2 O, 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, 9 to 16.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO, 0.1 to 2.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 13 to 18.5% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O±K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, having a molar ratio MgO/(Li 2 O+Na 2 O±K 2 O+MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO) of from 0.01 to 0.2 and a molar ratio (Al 2 O 3 +B 2 O 3 )/SiO 2 of from 0.15 to 0.30, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F,
the tempered glass sheet having a density of 2.45 g/cm 3 or less, a compression stress value of a compression stress layer of 300 MPa or more, a thickness of the compression stress layer of 10 μm or more, a liquidus temperature of 1,200° C. or less, and a thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature range of from 30 to 380° C. of 90×10 −7 /° C. or less.

22. A glass to be tempered having a rectangular shape, a protective resin film having a rectangular shape being attached to at least one surface thereof,
two parallel sides of the protective resin film protruding beyond the tempered glass, and the other two parallel sides of the protective resin film not protruding beyond the tempered glass,
the glass comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50 to 80% of SiO 2 , 5 to 30% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 2% of Li 2 O, 5 to 25% of Na 2 O, and 0 to 1.9% of K 2 O, and being substantially free of As 2 O 3 , Sb 2 O 3 , PbO, and F.

23. The glass to be tempered according to claim 22 , wherein when the glass to be tempered is immersed in a 10 mass % aqueous hydrochloric acid solution at 80° C. for 24 hours, a mass reduction, which is a value obtained by subtracting a mass of the glass to be tempered after the immersion from a mass of the glass to be tempered before the immersion and dividing a result of the subtraction by a surface area of the glass to be tempered before the immersion, is 40 mg/cm 2 or less.

24. The glass to be tempered accord

Assignees

• Nippon Electric Glass Co

Inventors

• Kawamoto Kosuke
• Choju Ken

Classifications

• Y10T428/13

  Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.] · CPC title

• C03C2204/00

  Glasses, glazes or enamels with special properties · CPC title

• C03C21/002

  to perform ion-exchange between alkali ions (C03C21/005 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61J1/065

  Rigid ampoules, e.g. glass ampoules · CPC title

• C03C3/091 Primary

  containing aluminium · CPC title