Glass fiber and method for producing same
AssigneeNippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki Yokota, Hiroshi Sawasato, Minoru Matsumoto
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Abstract
Provided is a glass fiber having a low spinning temperature and a low liquidus temperature, and besides, having a large difference between the liquidus temperature and the spinning temperature, and a method of manufacturing the same. The glass fiber of the present invention includes as a glass composition, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, 50% to 65% of SiO2, 0% to 3% of Al2O3, 0% to 1% of MgO, 0% to less than 0.7% of CaO, 0% to 1% of Li2O, 10% to 20% of Na2O, 0% to 2% of K2O, 6% to 10% of TiO2, and 15% to 20% of ZrO2, and has a value for (Na2O+K2O)/(MgO+CaO) of 6.0 or more.
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A glass fiber, comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, 50% to 65% of SiO2, 0% to 3% of Al2O3, 0% to 1% of MgO, 0% to less than 0.7% of CaO, 0% to 1% of Li2O, 10% to 20% of Na2O, 0% to 2% of K2O, 6% to 10% of TiO2, and 15% to 20% of ZrO2, and having a value for (Na2O+K2O)/(MgO+CaO) from 25 to 30.2.
A method of manufacturing a glass fiber, the method comprising:
- melting, in a glass melting furnace, a raw material batch blended so as to comprise as a glass composition, in terms of mass % on an oxide basis, 50% to 65% of SiO2, 0% to 3% of Al2O3, 0% to 1% of MgO, 0% to less than 0.7% of CaO, 0% to 1% of Li2O, 10% to 20% of Na2O, 0% to 2% of K2O, 6% to 10% of TiO2, and 15% to 20% of ZrO2, and have a value for (Na2O+K2O)/(MgO+CaO) from 25 to 30.2;
- and continuously drawing the resultant molten glass from a bushing to form the molten glass into a fiber form.
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