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US 2015/0030863 A1Published application
Ceramic glaze having antimicrobial property
AssigneeMicroban Products Company
InventorAlvin Lamar Campbell, JR.
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Abstract
An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.
Claims13
An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition, comprising:
- a ceramic glaze base adapted to be fired at a firing temperature of from at least about 1062° C.;
- and
- an antimicrobial composition including:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Ag2CO3;
- and
- a second antimicrobial agent that is one of Bi2O3, CuO, SnO2, TiO2 or ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of about two to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the glazing composition is adapted to possess a durable antimicrobial property after a conventional firing process at the firing temperature.
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A glazed ceramic substrate, comprising:
- a ceramic substrate having a first substrate surface;
- and
- a fired ceramic glazing composition disposed on the first substrate surface;
- wherein the antimicrobial composition is a post-fired state of a ceramic glazing composition including:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Ag2CO3;
- and
- a second antimicrobial agent that is one of Bi2O3, CuO, SnO2, TiO2 or ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of about two to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition.
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A method for manufacturing a glazed ceramic substrate having an antimicrobial property, comprising:
- applying an antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition to a substrate, the glazing composition including an antimicrobial composition comprising:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Ag2CO3;
- and
- a second antimicrobial agent that is one of Bi2O3, CuO, SnO2, TiO2 or ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of about two to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- firing the glazing composition to transform the glazing composition into a fired glaze layer;
- wherein the fired glazed layer possesses a durable antimicrobial property.
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A method for manufacturing an antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition, comprising:
- adding, to a ceramic glaze base, an antimicrobial composition comprising:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Ag2CO3, and
- a second antimicrobial agent that is one of Bi2O3, CuO, SnO2, TiO2 or ZnO,
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of about two to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition, and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent is present in the glaze composition at a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- milling the ceramic glaze base and added antimicrobial composition;
- rehydrating the milled ceramic glaze base;
- and
- optionally, remixing the rehydrated glaze base.
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An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition, comprising:
- a ceramic glaze base adapted to be fired at a firing temperature of from at least about 1062° C.;
- and
- an antimicrobial composition including:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Bi2O3, and
- a second antimicrobial agent consisting of ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent has a concentration in the ceramic glaze composition of from about two percent to about four percent;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent has a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent;
- and
- wherein the glazing composition is adapted to possess a durable antimicrobial property after a conventional firing process at the firing temperature.
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A glazed ceramic substrate, comprising:
- a ceramic substrate having a first substrate surface;
- and
- a fired ceramic glazing composition disposed on the first substrate surface;
- wherein the antimicrobial composition is a post-fired state of a ceramic glazing composition including:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Bi2O3, and
- a second antimicrobial agent consisting of ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent has a concentration in the ceramic glaze composition of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent has a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition.
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A method for manufacturing a glazed ceramic substrate having an antimicrobial property, comprising:
- applying an antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition to a substrate, the glazing composition including an antimicrobial composition comprising:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Bi2O3, and
- a second antimicrobial agent consisting of ZnO;
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent has a concentration in the ceramic glaze composition of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent has a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent, by weight of glaze composition;
- firing the glazing composition to transform the glazing composition into a fired glaze layer;
- wherein the fired glazed layer possesses a durable antimicrobial property.
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A method for manufacturing an antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition, comprising:
- adding, to the ceramic glaze base, an antimicrobial composition comprising:
- a first antimicrobial agent consisting of Bi2O3, and
- a second antimicrobial agent consisting of ZnO,
- wherein the first antimicrobial agent has a concentration in the ceramic glaze composition of from about two percent to about four percent, and
- wherein the second antimicrobial agent has a concentration of from about two percent to about four percent;
- and
- milling the ceramic glaze base and added antimicrobial composition;
- rehydrating the milled ceramic glaze base;
- and
- optionally, remixing the rehydrated glaze base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.