Abstract:
A glass composition for use in pH-responsive glass electrodes, and a glass electrode having a pH-responsive membrane of such glass, which composition consists essentially of (in mole percent on the oxide basis):a. from about 30 to about 37 mole percent Li.sub.2 O;b. from 0 to about 4 mole percent of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Cs.sub.2 O and Rb.sub.2 O;c. from about 2 to about 12 mole percent of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of La.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Pr.sub.2 O.sub.3 ;d. from about 2 to about 10 mole percent of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 and Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5 ;e. from 0 to about 4 mole percent UO.sub.2 ; andf. the balance SiO.sub.2 ;with the proviso that there is present in the composition at least about 2 mole percent of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of Pr.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5.
Abstract translation:用于pH响应玻璃电极的玻璃组合物和具有这种玻璃的pH响应膜的玻璃电极,该组成基本上由(以氧化物为基准的摩尔%)组成:a。 约30至约37摩尔%的Li 2 O; b。 0至约4摩尔%的至少一种选自Cs 2 O和R b O 2的氧化物; C。 约2至约12摩尔%的选自La 2 O 3和Pr 2 O 3的至少一种氧化物; d。 约2至约10摩尔%的至少一种选自Ta 2 O 5和Nb 2 O 5的氧化物; e。 0至约4摩尔%的UO2; 和f。 平衡SiO2; 条件是在组合物中存在至少约2摩尔%的选自Pr 2 O 3和Nb 2 O 5中的至少一种氧化物。
Abstract:
Colored and/or transparent, low expansion, crystallized glass-ceramic articles are formed by a method of thermal in situ crystallization from thermally crystallizable glass melts having lithium-containing crystals as the predominant crystalline species. The crystallized glass-ceramics produced in accordance with the method are low expansion substances, illustratively in the range of -10 to +10.sub.x 10.sup.-7 per .degree.C. (0.degree.-300.degree. C.). Telescope mirror blanks can be made from these transparent low expansion crystallized glass-ceramics.
Abstract:
This invention is concerned with sealing glasses exhibiting a coefficient of absorption of infra-red radiation within the range of 0.7-4 microns of at least 98%, an average coefficient of thermal expansion over the range of 20.degree.-300.degree. C. between 88-92.5.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C., and a volatilization of less than about 200 ppm at the sealing temperature, said glass being essentially free from K.sub.2 O and B.sub.2 O.sub.3 and consisting essentially, in weight percent on the oxide basis as calculated from the batch, of______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 67-73 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 3.5-6.0 Li.sub.2 O 1.0-3.0 Na.sub.2 O 10-16 BaO 3.0-5.5 Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 2.0-4.0 F 0.1-0.4 TiO.sub.2 0-3 ZrO.sub.2 0-3 ZnO 0-2 TiO.sub.2 + ZrO.sub.2 + ZnO 0-4 ______________________________________ the sum of those components constituting at least 98% by weight of the glasses. The glasses are especially suitable as envelopes for reed switches.
Abstract:
A method for producing small hollow glass spheres filled with a gas by introduction of the gas during formation of the hollow glass spheres. Hollow glass microspheres having a diameter up to about 500.mu. with both thin walls (0.5 to 4.mu.) and thick walls (5 to 20.mu.) that contain various fill gases, such as Ar, Kr, Xe, Br, DT, H.sub.2, D.sub.2, He, N.sub.2, Ne, CO.sub.2, etc. in the interior thereof, can be produced by the diffusion of the fill gas or gases into the microsphere during the formation thereof from a liquid droplet of glass-forming solution. This is accomplished by filling at least a portion of the multiple-zone drop-furnace used in producing hollow microspheres with the gas or gases of interest, and then taking advantage of the high rate of gaseous diffusion of the fill gas through the wall of the gel membrane before it transforms into a glass microsphere as it is processed in the multiple-zone furnace. Almost any gas can be introduced into the inner cavity of a glass microsphere by this method during the formation of the microsphere provided that the gas is diffused into the gel membrane or microsphere prior to its transformation into glass. The process of this invention provides a significant savings of time and related expense of filling glass microspheres with various gases. For example, the time for filling a glass microballoon with 1 atmosphere of DT is reduced from about two hours to a few seconds.
Abstract:
A glass forming compound having in its melted glass phase the formula Si.sub.2 AlO (PO.sub.4).sub.3 or 4 SiO.sub.2.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3P.sub.2 O.sub.5 is provided together with grain mixtures for producing refractory thermally insulating bricks adapted for use in the preheating zone of a rotary cement kiln operating in an atmosphere containing alkali chlorides, particularly KCl. The bricks develop a glass layer on the kiln exposed face thereof which resists penetration by alkalis, particularly KCl.
Abstract:
This invention is concerned with the production of chemically strengthened polychromatic glasses. In the preferred embodiment, the glasses are suitable for ophthalmic applications, i.e., the glasses have a refractive index of at least 1.523 and, after chemical strengthening, will exhibit a surface compression layer having a depth of at least 0.002", a maximum central tension of at least 0.7 kg/mm.sup.2, and a modulus of rupture of at least approximately 30,000 psi such as to pass the FDA strength requirements for glass ophthalmic lenses. For this preferred embodiment, the chemical strengthening reaction will be conducted for a period not exceeding about 24 hours and the glasses will have compositions consisting essentially, by weight on the oxide basis as calculated from the batch of about 11-18% Na.sub.2 O, 60-70% SiO.sub.2, 3-12% ZrO.sub.2, 0-18% ZnO and/or 0-14% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, the total ZnO+Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 not exceeding about 20%, 0-5% BaO, 0.005-0.3% Ag, 0.01-0.2% CeO.sub.2, 1-4% F, and an amount of at least one halide selected from the group of Cl, Br, and I sufficient to react stoichiometrically with the Ag, but not more than about 3%.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及化学强化多色眼镜的生产。 在优选实施例中,眼镜适用于眼科应用,即眼镜具有至少1.523的折射率,并且在化学强化之后将呈现具有至少0.002“的深度的表面压缩层,最大中心 至少0.7kg / mm2的张力和至少约30,000psi的破裂模量,以通过FDA对玻璃眼镜片的强度要求。 对于该优选实施方案,化学强化反应将进行不超过约24小时的时间,并且玻璃将具有基于氧化物重量基本上由按批次计算的约11-18%Na 2 O,60- 70%SiO 2,3-12%ZrO 2,0-18%ZnO和/或0-14%Al 2 O 3,总ZnO + Al 2 O 3不超过约20%,0-5%BaO,0.005-0.3%Ag,0.01-0.2 %CeO 2,1-4%F和至少一种选自Cl,Br和I的卤化物的量,其足以使化学计量比与Ag反应,但不大于约3%。
Abstract:
A neutral bronze sheet glass has a dominant wavelength in the vicinity of 575 nm, and a monochromatic transmittance which in the range from about 400 nm to about 550 nm is on the average from about 5% to about 50% lower than in the range from about 550 nm to about 750 nm, and possesses in thicknesses suitable for glazing a luminous transmittance above 70%.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a glass-ceramic composition having a high fracture strength adaptable for hermetically sealing to chromium bearing iron or nickel base alloys at temperatures of between about 950.degree. C to about 1100.degree. C to form a hermetically sealed insulator body, comprising from about 55 to about 65 weight percent SiO.sub.2, from about 0 to about 5 weight percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, from about 6 to about 11 weight % Li.sub.2 O, from about 25 to about 32 weight percent BaO, from about 0.5 to about 1.0 weight percent CoO and from about 1.5 to about 3.5 weight percent P.sub.2 O.sub.5.
Abstract:
This invention is concerned with the preparation of glass articles wherein a portion thereof is opaque and another portion thereof is transparent and, optionally, integrally colored. The opaque portion is produced through the thermal reduction and precipitation of a controlled number of submicroscopic particles of at least one metal selected from the group of copper, gold, palladium, platinum, and silver with the subsequent nucleation and growth of NaF crystals on said metal particles to a size sufficient to scatter visible light. The transparent portion is developed through the photoreduction of at least one photosensitive metal selected from the group of copper, gold, and silver to produce additional submicroscopic particles of said metals upon which NaF crystals are nucleated and grown, but which remain in a size too small to scatter visible light. The presence of copper or gold alone gives rise to a single color, whereas the inclusion of silver permits a full spectrum of colors to be produced.Where silver is present, microcrystals of NaF containing a silver halide selected from the group of AgCl, AgBr, and AgI are grown upon which a coating of metallic silver is developed or within which metallic silver is deposited.The method involves sequences of exposures of the glass to high energy or actinic radiation followed by heat treatments.
Abstract:
The present invention primarily comprises an improvement upon the method for producing photosensitive colored glasses or polychromatic glasses utilizing two sequences of exposure to high energy or actinic radiation followed by heat treatment. The invention contemplates replacing the second exposure/heat treatment step with a heat treatment conducted in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature of at least 350.degree. C., but below the strain point of the glass. The resultant articles can be particularly useful in ophthalmic applications.