Glass frits for ion-exchangeable glasses
AssigneeAGP America S.A.
InventorsMario Arturo Mannheim Astete, Ivan Arturo Cornejo
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Abstract
Strengthened glass substrates with glass fits and methods for forming the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a glass frit with a coefficient of thermal expansion less than or equal to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass substrate where it is going to be painted. The glass frit of the present invention has similar ion exchange properties to the glass substrate that is going to be used to paint with the glass frit allowing the glass substrate to be ion-exchanged. The glass frit of the present invention is mixed with an organic carrier.
Claims11
A glass substrate, comprising:
- a sintered glass frit on at least a portion of at least one surface of said glass substrate;
- wherein the sintered glass frit is formed from a glass frit paste comprising:
- a glass frit composition, the composition comprising the following components in weight percent:
- Component
- %
- SiO2
- 50-60
- Al2O3
- 15-20
- CaO
- 3-5
- Fe2O3
- 1-2
- Na2O
- 10-13
- MgO
- 3.5-4
- K2O
- 3-3.5
- P2O5
- 0-0.5
- TiO2
- 0-0.5
- BaO
- less than or equal to 0.2
- MnO
- 0-0.5
- SnO2
- 0.2-0.4;
- and
- an organic carrier;
- wherein the glass frit composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than or equal to that of the glass substrate;
- and
- wherein the entire glass substrate, including the at least a portion where the sintered glass frit is placed, is ion exchanged.
A method for forming a glass frit on an ion exchangeable glass substrate, the method comprising:
- providing a glass frit composition, wherein said glass composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than or equal to that of the glass substrate;
- milling the glass frit composition to provide a powder composition;
- mixing said powder composition with an organic carrier, so that a glass frit paste is obtained;
- applying the glass frit paste on at least a portion of at least one surface of said glass substrate;
- heating the glass substrate having said glass frit paste thereon in a furnace to a temperature so that, after heating, the glass frit is sintered and bonded to the glass substrate;
- and
- subjecting the glass substrate having the sintered glass frit to an ion-exchange process;
- wherein the glass frit composition comprises the following components in weight percent:
- Component
- %
- SiO2
- 50-60
- Al2O3
- 15-20
- CaO
- 3-5
- Fe2O3
- 1-2
- NaO
- 10-13
- MgO
- 3.5-4
- K2O
- 3-3.5
- P2O5
- 0-0.5
- TiO2
- 0-0.5
- BaO
- less than or equal to 0.2
- MnO
- 0-0.5
- SnO2
- 0.2-0.4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.