Eutectic mixture as a flux for glass melts
US4341566A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 2, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03C1/026
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A novel flux for glass compositions which is an eutectic mixture of lithium carbonate and sodium sulfate (liquidus temperature 496.degree. C.) is used in fiberizable glass compositions to improve fluidity and reduce the temperature of fusion of the raw materials of which the glass is formed.
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