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US 2024/0182352 A1Published application
Methods of regenerating poisoned molten salt baths with glass and associated glass compositions
OwnerQiang Fu, Yuhui Jin +3inventors
InventorsQiang Fu, Yuhui Jin, William James McKendrick, Cedrick Alexander O’Shaughnessy, Wei Sun
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Abstract
A method of regenerating a lithium-poisoned molten salt bath is provided. The method includes contacting glass particulates with the molten salt bath such that poisoning ions are exchanged from the bath into the glass. The glass compositions utilized in the method are also provided.
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A method, comprising:
- contacting a glass-based bath regenerating material with a molten salt bath, wherein:
- prior to contacting, the glass-based bath regenerating material comprises:
- greater than or equal to 30.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 85.0 mol. % SiO2;
- greater than or equal to 2.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 20.0 mol. % Al2O3;
- greater than or equal to 10.0 mol. and less than or equal to 60.0 mol. % Na2O;
- greater than or equal to 0.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 3.0 mol. % K2O;
- greater than or equal to 0.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 10.0 mol. % MgO;
- greater than or equal to 0.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 10.0 mol. % CaO;
- and
- greater than or equal to 0.0 mol. % and less than or equal to 10.0 mol. % SrO;
- and
- the molten salt bath comprises poisoning ions, the poisoning ions comprising lithium ions;
- waiting a period of time during which the first glass-based article is in contact with the molten salt bath;
- after waiting the period of time, removing the glass-based bath regenerating material from the molten salt bath;
- wherein:
- after removing, the concentration of poisoning ions in the molten salt bath is less than the concentration prior to the contacting and the composition of the glass-based bath regenerating material has a higher amount of Li2O than prior to contacting.
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