Transparent, mullite glass-ceramics containing ZnO and method
US4526873A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S501/904
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed an improved, transparent, mullite glass-ceramic doped with Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 to fluoresce in the 650-900 nm. region of the spectrum and having an absorption peak centered at about 600 nm. The improvement is inclusion in the composition of 2-15% by weight of ZnO and sufficient MgO, if necessary, to provide at least 5% ZnO+MgO. The ZnO or ZnO--MgO components selectively shift the absorption peak centered at 600 nm. toward the lower (blue) end of the spectrum.
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