Glass for chemical strengthening and chemical strengthened glass, and manufacturing method of glass for chemical strengthening

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9963378-B2
Application number	US-201514634122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2015
Priority date	Sep 14, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

There is provided a glass for chemical strengthening having a black color tone and excelling in characteristics preferred for the purposes of housing or decoration of an electronic device, that is, defoaming quality, strength, and light transmittance characteristics. A glass for chemical strengthening contains, in mole percentage based on following oxides, 55% to 80% of SiO 2 , 0.25% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 , 0% to 12% of B 2 O 3 , 5% to 20% of Na 2 O, 0% to 15% of K 2 O, 0% to 15% of MgO, 0% to 15% of CaO, 0% to 25% of ΣRO (where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn), and 0.1% to 7% of a coloring component (at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cr, V, and Bi).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glass for chemical strengthening comprising, in mole percentage based on following oxides,
55% to 80% of SiO 2 ,
1.1% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 ,
0% to 12% of B 2 O 3 ,
5% to 20% of Na 2 O,
0% to 15% of K 2 O,
0% to 15% of MgO,
0% to 15% of CaO,
0% to 25% of ΣRO (where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn), and
0.1% to 7% of a coloring component comprising at least two metal oxides selected from the group consisting of oxides of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cr, V, and Bi, said coloring component comprising Co 3 O 4 and Fe 2 O 3 ,
wherein:
a content of Fe 2 O 3 is 0.005% or more and less than 1.5%; and
a content ratio of Co 3 O 4 /Fe 2 O 3 is 0.01 to 0.5.

2. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , comprising, in mole percentage based on following oxides,
55% to 80% of SiO 2 ,
3% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 ,
0% to 12% of B 2 O 3 ,
5% to 20% of Na 2 O,
0% to 15% of K 2 O,
0% to 15% of MgO,
0% to 3% of CaO,
0% to 18% of ΣRO (where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn), and
0.1% to 7% of the coloring component.

3. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , comprising, in mole percentage based on following oxides,
55% to 80% of SiO 2 ,
1.1% to 5% of Al 2 O 3 ,
0% to 12% of B 2 O 3 ,
5% to 20% of Na 2 O,
0% to 8% of K 2 O,
0% to 15% of MgO,
5% to 15% of CaO,
5% to 25% of ΣRO (where R represents Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, or Zn), and
0.1% to 7% of the coloring component.

4. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein the coloring component comprises, in mole percentage based on oxides,
0.01% to less than 1.5% of Fe 2 O 3 ,
0.05% to less than 0.75% of Co 3 O 4 ,
0% to 6% of NiO,
0% to 6% of MnO,
0% to 6% of Cr 2 O 3 , and
0% to 6% of V 2 O 5 .

5. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein the coloring component in the glass comprises, in mole percentage based on oxides,
0.1% to less than 0.75% of Co 3 O 4 .

6. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein a content of Fe 2 O 3 is 0.005% or more and 1.2% or less.

7. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein a content of NiO is less than 0.05%.

8. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein the content ratio of Co 3 O 4 /Fe 2 O 3 is 0.05 to 0.5.

9. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim comprising 0.05% to 3% of CuO.

10. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , comprising 0.005% to 2% of a color correcting component comprising at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of oxides of Ti, Ce, Er, Nd, and Se.

11. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , further comprising 0.005% to 1% of SnO 2 .

12. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum value of an absorption coefficient at wavelengths of 380 nm to 780 nm is 1 mm −1 or more.

13. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 550 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm, as calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass, and a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 450 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass, are both in a range of 0.7 to 1.2.

14. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein variation amounts ΔT (550/600) and ΔT (450/600) of relative values of absorption coefficients represented by following expressions (1) and (2) are 5% or less in absolute value:
Δ T (550/600)(%)=[{ A (550/600)− B (550/600)}/ A (550/600)]×100  (1)

Δ T (450/600)(%)=[{ A (450/600)− B (450/600)}/ A (450/600)]×100  (2)

wherein:
A(550/600) is a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 550 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm, as calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass after irradiation with light of a 400 W high-pressure mercury lamp for 100 hours;
B(550/600) is a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 550 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm, as calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass before the light irradiation;
A(450/600) is a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 450 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm, as calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass after irradiation with light of a 400 W high-pressure mercury lamp for 100 hours; and
B(450/600) is a relative value of an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 450 nm to an absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 600 nm, as calculated from a spectral transmittance curve of the glass before the light irradiation.

15. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of a difference Δa* between chromaticity a* of reflected light by a D65 light source and chromaticity a* of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system, which difference is expressed by following expression (1), and an absolute value of a difference Δb* between chromaticity b* of reflected light by the D65 light source and chromaticity b* of reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system, which difference is expressed by following expression (II), are both 2 or less:
Δ a*=a * value ( D 65 light source)− a * value ( F 2 light source)  (I)

Δ b*=b * value ( D 65 light source)− b * value ( F 2 light source)  (II).

16. The glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein, when an indentation is formed by using a Vickers indenter in a mirror-finished surface of a glass plate having a thickness of 1 mm made of the glass for chemical strengthening, a load of the Vickers indenter that causes a crack occurrence rate of 50% is 150 gf or more.

17. A chemical strengthened glass obtained by chemical strengthening the glass for chemical strengthening according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of a surface compressive stress layer formed in a surface of the chemical strengthened glass by the chemical strengthening is 5 μm or more, and a surface compressive stress of the surface compressive stress layer is 300 MPa or more.

18. The chemical strengthened glass according to claim 17 , wherein an absolute value of a difference Δa* between chromaticity a* of reflected light by a D65 light source and chromaticity a* of reflected light by an F2 light source in an L*a*b* color system, which difference is expressed by following expression (I), and an absolute value of a difference Δb* between chromaticity b* of reflected light by the D65 light source and chromaticity b* of reflected light by the F2 light source in the L*a*b* color system, which difference is expressed by following expression (II), are both 2 or less:
Δ a*=a * value ( D 65 light source)− a * value ( F 2 light source)  (I)

Δ b*=b * value ( D 65 light source)− b * value ( F 2 light source)  (II).

Assignees

• Asahi Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Hiroyuki

Classifications

• C03C4/16

  for dielectric glass · CPC title

• C03C4/02

  for coloured glass · CPC title

• C03C2204/00

  Glasses, glazes or enamels with special properties · CPC title

• C03C4/18

  for ion-sensitive glass · CPC title

• Y10T428/315

  Surface modified glass [e.g., tempered, strengthened, etc.] · CPC title