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Dealkalinization of sheets of glass with low alkalines content

US5648172A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1994
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/315
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a glass sheet having a low content of alkaline oxides and alkaline-earth oxides, in the composition of which the sum of the alkaline and alkaline-earth oxides is less than or equal to 15%, with a sodium oxide content less than or equal to 10%, the values being expressed in percentages by weight, at least one of the faces of which is constituted of a surface zone virtually devoid, notably, of alkaline ions.

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