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Glass substrates covered with a stack of thin coatings, application to glazings having properties of reflecting in the infrared and/or properties in the field of solar radiation

US5718980A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1996
Grant dateFeb 17, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03C2217/78
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A transparent substrate provided with a covering multi-layer stack of thin coatings of which at least one is a metal coating (5) having low emissivity characteristics in the infrared positioned between two layers of the multi-layer stack, which are formed of a dielectric material, said multi-layer stack having at least one wetting layer below the metal coating (5), which wetting layer is based on tantalum oxide or niobium oxide.

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