# US 8,143,179 B2 · Transparent, colorless titania-free beta-quartz glass-ceramic

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- Number: US 8,143,179 B2
- Document ID: US8143179B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/516,892
- Filed: 2007-11-29
- Published: 2010-04-22
- Granted: 2012-03-27
- Earliest claimed: 2006-11-30
- Assignees: Eurokera
- Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken; Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte; Lothar Wondraczek
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8143179B2

## CPC

- C03C 10/0027: {containing SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O as main constituents}
- C03C: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS

## Abstract

The invention relates to a transparent and essentially colorless β-quartz glass-ceramic material which is free of TiO2, As2O3, Sb2O3 and phosphates; articles formed from said glass-ceramic material; lithium aluminosilicate glasses, precursors for said glass-ceramic material; and methods of producing said glass-ceramic material and said articles formed from said glass-ceramic material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An essentially colorless, transparent glass-ceramic material containing a solid solution of β-quartz as a principal crystalline phase, having a composition, expressed in percentages by weight on a basis of oxides, consisting essentially of:
SiO2
66-72
Al2O3
18.3-24
Li2O
22-5
ZrO2
2-5
SnO2
>0.4-3
CeO2
0-<1
WO3 + MoO3
0-<1
CeO2 + WO3 + MoO3
0-<1
Nb2O5
0-3
CeO2 + WO3 + MoO3 + Nb2O5
0-3
MgO
0-3
ZnO
0-4
SrO
0-2.5
BaO
0-2.5
K2O + Na2O
0-<1
Gd2O3 + La2O3 + Ta2O5 + Y2O5
0-4
Nd2O3 + Er2O3
0-0.1 and
Fe2O3
<0.04;
wherein, with the exception of inevitable traces, the composition is essentially free of titanium dioxide, arsenic oxide, antimony oxide and phosphates, and the weight percentages of MgO, ZnO, SrO and BaO in the composition are such that (i) MgO+ZnO is in a range of 2.2-4.6, and/or (ii) ZnO+BaO+SrO is in a range of 1-4.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The glass-ceramic material according to claim 1, having a composition, expressed in percentages by weight on the basis of oxides, consisting essentially of:
SiO2
67.7-70.7
Al2O3
18.7-21
Li2O
2.5-3.6
ZrO2
2.4-3.8
SnO2
0.6-1.8
CeO2 + WO3 + MoO3
0-<0.6
Nb2O5
0-1
MgO
0-3
ZnO
0-4
SrO
0-<1
BaO
0-<1
K2O
0-<0.8
Gd2O3 + La2O3 + Ta2O5 + Y2O5
0-2
Nd2O3 + Er2O3
0-0.06 and
Fe2O3
<0.02.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The glass-ceramic material according to claim 1, the composition of which is further free of halides, with the exception of inevitable traces.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The glass-ceramic material according to claim 1, the composition of which is further free of borates, with the exception of inevitable traces.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An article made of a glass-ceramic material according to claim 1, consisting of a cook plate, a cooking utensil, a microwave oven plate, a fireplace window, a fire door or window, a view window for pyrolysis or catalysis furnace, a lens article, an article of tableware or an architectural element.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A method of producing a glass-ceramic material according to claim 1, comprising heat treating a lithium aluminosilicate glass, a precursor of said glass-ceramic material, or a mineral charge, itself a precursor of such a lithium aluminosilicate glass, under conditions ensuring its ceramization.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

A method of producing an article according to claim 5, successively comprising:
melting a lithium aluminosilicate glass or a mineral charge, a precursor of such a glass, said glass or said charge including an effective and non excessive quantity of at least one fining agent; followed by fining the molten glass obtained;
cooling the fined, molten glass obtained and simultaneously forming it into a desired shape for the article; and
ceramizing said shaped glass.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, wherein ceramization is carried out for a period of 300 min or less at a temperature of lower than 1000° C.