Ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass

Details Ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass Ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass

2000-03-14

2002-05-28

Marcheschi, Michael (Department: 1755)

Compositions: ceramic

Ceramic compositions

Glass compositions, compositions containing glass other than...

C501S070000, C501S904000, C501S905000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06395660

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to an ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass. More particularly, it relates to an ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass which has an almost neutral color such as turquoise blue shade and deep green shade so that it is useful for windows of vehicles or buildings when used in combination with a glass having green shade with high visible.light transmittance, and which has low or middle visible light transmittance, low total solar energy transmittance, and low ultraviolet transmittance so that it is suitable for use as privacy glazing in a vehicle.
Recently, a variety of glasses with ultraviolet/infrared absorbability to be used as a vehicle windshield have been proposed with the view of preventing degradation of luxurious interior materials and reducing cooling load of the vehicle. In view of privacy protection, glass with relatively low visible light transmittance is preferably used for a rear window glass of a vehicle Such kinds of glass include the followings.
For example, a dark gray colored infrared absorbent glass disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-29813 consists of soda-lime-silica glass including colorants consisting of 1.00 to 1.7 weight percent Fe
2
O
3
(total iron) at least 0.27 weight percent FeO 0.002 to 0.005 weight percent Se, and 0.01 to 0.02 weight percent CoO. The glass exhibits luminous transmittance less than 32 percent and total solar infrared transmittance less than 15 percent at 3.9 mm thickness.
A dark gray colored glass disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Published Patent Application No 8-157232 consists of soda-lime-silica glass including colorants consisting of 0.8 to 1.4 weight percent Fe
2
O
3
(total iron), less than 0.21 weight percent FeO, 0.05 to 1.0 weight percent TiO
2
, 0.02 to 0.05 weight percent CoO, and 0.0005 to 0.015 weight percent Se.
A neutral gray colored glass disclosed in claim 25 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,393,593 has a base glass composition comprising 66 to 75 weight percent SiO
2
, 10 to 20 weight percent Na
2
O, 5 to 15 weight percent CaO, 0 to 5 weight percent MgO, 0 to 5 weight percent Al
2
O
3
, and 0 to 5 weight percent K
2
O, and colorants consisting of 1.00 to 2.2 weight percent Fe
2
O
3
(total iron), at least 0.20 weight percent FeO, 0.0005 to 0.005 weight percent Se, and 0.010 to 0.030 weight percent CoO. The glass exhibits luminous transmittance less than 35 percent and total solar infrared transmittance less than 20 percent at 3.9 mm thickness.
A soda-lime silica glass disclose in Japanese Publication of PCT No. 8-506314 has a neutral color by including primary iron given by the following expression:
FeO (weight percent)≧0.007+ (optical concentration −036)/2.3 and 0.25 to 1.75 weight percent Fe
2
O
3
and at least one selected from a group consisting of Se, Co
3
O
4
, Nd
2
O
3
, NiO, MnO, V
2
O
5
, CeO
2
, TiO
2
, CuO, and SnO. The glass exhibits luminous transmittance more than 32 percent, ultraviolet transmittance less than 25 percent, direct solar energy transmittance at least 7 percent less than the luminous transmittance, and dominant wavelengths preferably less than 570 nanometers at 4 mm thickness. Certain embodiments thereof may be used as a privacy glazing.
In both the dark gray colored infrared absorbent glass disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-29813 and the dark gray colored glass disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Published Patent Application No. 8-157232, a great quantity of Se is used for providing a desirable color. Such a great quantity of Se is unpreferable for the environment because Se has toxicity and is easy to vaporize. The above dark gray glass including 0.05 to 1.0 weight percent TiO
2
as an essential component is unpreferable because TiO
2
is expensive to increase the batch cost.
The neutral gray colored glass disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,393,593 is also unpreferable because of the great content of Se. The great content of FeO is preferable in view of heat ray absorptivity, FeO is on the contrary not preferable because it selectively absorbs infrared ray in a wavelength from 1,000 to 1,200 nanometers so that in case the glass is produced by a normal melting furnace, it absorbs most efficient portion in flame luminance distribution so as to lower the temperature of bottom base of the furnace and then contribute to various defects.
Though the aforementioned glass with low visible light transmittance is superior in view of privacy protection, an occupant in a vehicle cabin sees outside quite unclearly through the glass. On the other hand a glass with middle transmittance can be sufficient to some extent for both privacy protection and safety. These types of glass are chosen according to portions in a vehicle and circumferences.
The aforementioned glass includes selenium in high concentration to provide optical properties, without essentially including nickel.
The glass of Japanese Publication PCT No. 8-506314, which can be used for privacy protection, is provided with a neutral color by including colorants consisting all of nickel, selenium. and cobalt, just as described in this specification. However, it is necessary to add a great quantity of Se since the content of nickel is low.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide au ultraviolet/infra red absorbent low transmittance glass which has an almost neutral color such as turquoise blue and deep green and which has low or middle visible light transmittance low ultraviolet transmittance, and low total solar energy transmittance.
The ultraviolet/infrared absorbent low transmittance glass of the present invention consists of a base glass, that is, the major constituents comprising:
65 to 80 wt. % SiO
2
;
0 to 5 wt. % Al
2
O
3
;
2 to 10 wt. % MgO (excluding 2 wt. %);
5 to 15 wt. % CaO (wherein a total amount of MgO and CaO becomes 7 to 15 wt. %);
10 to 18 wt. % Na
2
O;
0 to 5 wt. % K
2
O (wherein a total amount of Na
2
O and K
2
O becomes 10 to 20 wt. %); and
0to 5 wt. % B
2
O
3
,
and a colorant including:
1.25 to 2.2 wt. % total iron oxide (T—Fe
2
O
3
) expressed as Fe
2
O
3
;
0.001 to 0.03 wt. % CoO;
0 or less than 0.0002% Se; and
0 to 0.2% NiO.


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