Methods of cooling glasses post-ion exchange
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsBethany Jon Alderman, Alyssa Michelle Sergiyenko
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article comprise: exposing an alkali-aluminosilicate glass-based substrate comprising opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t) to an ion exchange treatment to produce an ion exchanged glass-based substrate; and thereafter cooling the ion exchanged glass-based substrate in an environment having a starting temperature that is less than or equal to 200° C. and then reducing the temperature at a rate of greater than or equal to 3.3° C./minute to form the glass-based article.
Claims21
A method of manufacturing a glass-based article comprising:
- conducting an ion exchange treatment and a cooling in a vessel that defines:
- a reservoir containing a molten salt bath, a head space within the vessel above the molten salt bath, and a vent in fluid communication with the head space, wherein a movable partition resides within the vessel such that a first position of the movable partition puts the reservoir in fluid communication with the head space and a second position of the movable partition separates the reservoir from the head space;
- the ion exchange treatment comprising:
- exposing an alkali-aluminosilicate glass-based substrate comprising opposing first and second surfaces defining a substrate thickness (t) to a molten salt bath disposed in the reservoir to form an ion exchanged glass-based substrate, the substrate thickness (t) being greater than or equal to 25 micrometers and less than or equal to 125 micrometers;
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- thereafter the cooling of the ion exchanged glass-based substrate in the head space comprising:
- moving the movable partition to the second position;
- setting a starting temperature of the head space to less than or equal to 200° C.;
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- reducing the starting temperature at a rate of greater than or equal to 3.3° C./minute and less than or equal to 25° C./minute;
- wherein upon cooling for a cooling duration, the glass-based article is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.