Gray glass composition

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1995-03-31

2000-09-05

Group, Karl

Compositions: ceramic

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501 64, 501 70, 501905, C03C 3087, C03C 3095

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061142646

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a glass composition having a neutral gray color and a luminous (visible) transmittance within a range that allows the glass to be used in the forward vision areas of a vehicle. The base glass is a soda-lime-silica composition and iron, cobalt, selenium and/or nickel are added as colorants. In one particular embodiment of the invention which is essentially nickel-free, a neutral gray colored glass with a luminous transmittance (C.I.E. illuminant A) of 60% and higher at a thickness of 3.9 millimeters may be attained by using as colorants: 0.30 to 0.70 wt. % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, no greater than 0.21 wt. % FeO, 3-50 PPM CoO and 1-15 PPM Se, and preferably 0.32 to 0.65 wt. % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.065 to 0.20 wt. % FeO, 5 to 40 PPM CoO and 1 to 9 PPM Se. In an alternate embodiment of the invention which includes nickel oxide as a colorant, a neutral gray colored glass with a luminous transmittance of 60% and higher at a thickness of 3.9 millimeters may be attained by using 0.15 to 0.65 wt. % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, no greater than 0.18 wt. % FeO, 15-55 PPM CoO, 0-5 PPM Se and 25-350 PPM NiO as colorants, and preferably 0.17 to 0.60 wt. % Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.04 to 0.16 wt. % FeO, 20 to 52 PPM CoO, 0 to 3 PPM Se and at least 50 PPM NiO.

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