US20150329419A1 - Strengthened glass - Google Patents
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- Chemical strengthening of glass is a technique to strengthen a prepared glass article by increasing compression within the glass itself. It generally involves introducing larger alkali ions into the glass chemical structure, to replace smaller alkali ions present in the structure.
- a common implementation of chemical strengthening in glass occurs through the exchange of sodium ions, having a relatively smaller ionic radius, with potassium ions, having a relatively larger ionic radius by submerging a glass substrate containing sodium ions in a bath containing molten potassium salts.
- Chemical strengthening is often utilized to increase compression in order to increase strength, abrasion resistance, and/or thermal shock resistance into a glass article.
- the increased compression can be introduced to various depths in the glass and is often implemented within a surface layer.
- Chemical strengthening is commonly utilized for treating flat glass. But it may also be used for treating non-flat glass articles, such as cylinders and other shapes of greater geometric complexity.
- Flat glass is commonly manufactured by a number of known techniques. These include the float glass method and drawing methods, such as the fusion down-draw method and the slot draw method.
- a prepared flat glass article may have variations in its chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass.
- flat glass that is manufactured by the float glass technique is often prepared by spreading softened glass material on a molten metal surface such as tin. The glass is then cooled to form a solid, flat glass.
- the prepared flat glass often contains a greater amount of tin on the side that was nearer the molten tin and the concentration of tin is commonly greater near the surface of that side.
- Chemical strengthening is often used to treat glass having variations in chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass.
- the variations produce locations that are treatment-rich or treatment-poor relative to each other for ion exchange and/or compression development in chemical strengthening.
- the introduced compressive stress is often not uniformly distributed. This may introduce a bending moment and subsequent induced curvature in a glass article treated by chemical strengthening, particularly for glass articles having a width of less than 3 mm.
- the induced curvature is often undesirable. Induced curvature is especially problematic in manufacturing thin flat glass articles according to manufacturing specifications that include the enhanced physical properties associated with chemical strengthening, but without induced curvature.
- glass used in manufactured electronic articles, such as displays for “smart” phones often requires glass that is uniformly flat and high in strength and in abrasion resistance.
- the non-equivalence of interdiffusion of invading alkali ions and/or compression generation properties between the major surfaces of the flat glass substrate after chemical strengthening commonly often has an effect, such that a local force times the distance from the mid-plane of a glass article is not equivalent when summed from the treatment-poor surface to the mid-plane and from the treatment-rich surface to the mid-plane.
- the net bending moment about the mid-plane is non-zero (i.e., there is a non-zero net bending moment of the stress about the mid-plane).
- bending stresses are generated.
- One approach involves grinding and polishing a prepared glass prior to chemical strengthening.
- the grinding and polishing is performed to remove those parts of a glass having a different chemical composition and/or structure.
- An example of this approach is grinding and polishing a flat glass made by the float method to remove the surface layer(s) containing a significant amount of tin.
- grinding and polishing the float glass introduces abrasions and may introduce other physical defects, in addition to the added time and expense associated with performing the grinding and polishing.
- Other approaches have involved secondary chemical treatments of prepared glass done prior to chemical strengthening.
- the secondary chemical treatments are utilized in an attempt to address differences chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass.
- secondary chemical treatments can alter the physical properties of the glass and otherwise degrade a glass produced through subsequent chemical strengthening.
- secondary chemical treatments involve the time and expense of an extra processing step that is done prior to chemical strengthening.
- chemically strengthened glass and methods for making chemically strengthened glass are desired in which the strengthened glass has reduced induced curvature. It is also desired that the strengthened glass not have the drawbacks associated with grinding and polishing or secondary chemical treatment(s) applied in prior methods associated with the chemical strengthening of the glass. It is also desired that the strengthened glass have the improved physical properties of chemically strengthened glass, such as higher strength, higher abrasion resistance, and/or higher thermal shock resistance.
- the method may include providing a substrate.
- the substrate may be characterized by having a glass chemical structure.
- the glass chemical structure may include host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure.
- the substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume. The volumes may be located as opposed to each other in the substrate.
- the method may also include providing an exchange medium.
- the exchange medium may be characterized by including a composition including invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions.
- the composition may be associated with an ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions.
- the method may also include providing a modified exchange medium characterized by including a modified composition including invading alkali ions.
- the modified composition may be associated with a modified ion exchange rate that is slower than the ion exchange rate.
- the method may include applying the modified exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-rich volume.
- the method may also include applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-poor volume.
- the method may also include conducting ion exchange while applying at least one of the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium to produce the strengthened substrate.
- the article may include a chemically strengthened substrate characterized by having a glass chemical structure including alkali ions situated in the glass chemical structure.
- the substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume including a rich surface of the substrate.
- the volumes may also include a treatment-poor volume including a poor surface of the substrate and characterized by having a variation from the treatment-rich volume in at least one of a chemical composition and a chemical structure.
- the volumes may also include a bulk volume, within the substrate, that may be adjacent at least one of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume.
- a concentration of metal may be in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume.
- the concentration of metal may be ⁇ about 0.4 mole % higher than a concentration of the metal in the bulk volume.
- a concentration of the metal may be higher in the treatment-poor volume than a concentration of the metal in the treatment-rich volume.
- a concentration of alkali ions may be in a diffusion depth of at least one of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume.
- the concentration of alkali ions may be ⁇ about 0.5 mole % higher than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume.
- the article may include a chemically strengthened substrate.
- the chemically strengthened substrate may be made by a process including providing a substrate.
- the substrate may be characterized by having a glass chemical structure comprising host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure.
- the substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume. The volumes may be located as opposed to each other in the substrate.
- the process may also include providing an exchange medium.
- the exchange medium may be characterized by including a composition including invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions.
- the composition may be associated with an ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions.
- the process may also include providing a modified exchange medium.
- the modified exchange medium may include a modified composition including invading alkali ions.
- the modified composition may be associated with a modified ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions that is slower than the ion exchange rate.
- the process may also include applying the modified exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-rich volume.
- the process may also include applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-poor volume.
- the process may also include conducting ion exchange while applying at least one of the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium to produce the strengthened substrate.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary overview of an implementation described herein;
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing properties of exemplary strengthened substrates made utilizing exchange mediums including a monovalent additive
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing properties of exemplary strengthened substrates made utilizing exchange mediums including a divalent additive.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process for making a strengthened substrate.
- the present invention is useful for making chemically strengthened glass, and has been found to be particularly advantageous for making chemically strengthened glass having reduced induced curvature.
- a chemically strengthened glass according to the principles of the invention, does not have the drawbacks associated with grinding and polishing or secondary chemical treatment(s) when done prior to chemical strengthening. While the present invention is not necessarily limited to such applications, various aspects of the invention are appreciated through a discussion of various examples using this context.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary overview of an implementation described herein.
- a glass substrate has variations in its chemical composition and/or chemical structure at different locations or “volumes” in the glass.
- One type of variation has a chemical composition and/or chemical structure that is more readily treated by chemical strengthening and is a “treatment-rich” volume.
- Another type of variation has a chemical composition and/or chemical structure that is less readily treated by chemical strengthening and is a “treatment-poor” volume.
- treatment-rich volume refers to a volume of a glass substrate which exhibits faster alkali ion interdiffusion and/or greater compression development during chemical strengthening relative to a “treatment-poor volume” under equivalent chemical strengthening conditions applied to the glass substrate.
- a volume may occur at a surface of a substrate, or in a space or layer beneath the surface.
- a treatment-rich volume or treatment-poor volume may be a surface layer of a glass substrate in which the diffusion of invading alkali ions extends to a given “diffusion depth” from the surface, also called a penetration depth or a diffusion layer.
- a portion of the diffusion depth is in compressive stress, called case depth.
- Case depth is the width of the diffusion layer that is in compressive stress in a specimen.
- Different exchange mediums may be utilized in performing the chemical strengthening of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume.
- the different exchange mediums may be distinguished by including different compositions including invading alkali ions within the different exchange mediums.
- the compositions may be varied in many ways to affect the ion exchange rate associated with a composition in an exchange medium.
- One type of variation may include one or more additives to at least one of the compositions.
- Other variations may also be utilized such as by utilizing different solvents, different species of invading ions, etc.
- a variation in a composition may decrease or increase an ion exchange rate associated with a composition in an exchange medium.
- a glass substrate is provided with different volumes, a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume.
- an exchange medium including a composition including invading alkali ions
- an exchange medium including a composition including invading alkali ions
- a modified exchange medium including a modified composition
- the modified composition includes, for example, an additive, such as ions that compete with the invading alkali ions.
- the additive has the effect of “poisoning” the modified exchange medium, thus lowering its ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions.
- the modified ion exchange rate of the modified exchange medium is slower than the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the exchange medium applied in step 104 .
- step 104 and step 106 chemical strengthening proceeds to produce a strengthened substrate in which the induced curvature has been reduced or nullified through the application of the different exchange mediums to the different volumes.
- the slower ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the modified exchange medium applied to the treatment-rich volume offsets the difference in ion-exchangeability between the treatment-rich and treatment-poor volumes, thus reducing or nullifying induced curvature that would otherwise result from chemical strengthening of the glass substrate.
- the terms “based on”, “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes”, “including”, “has”, “having” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.
- a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
- “or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example, a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present), and both A and B is true (or present).
- mm means millimeter(s)
- ⁇ m means micrometer(s) or micron(s)
- g means gram(s)
- mg means milligram(s)
- ⁇ g means microgram(s)
- L means liter(s)
- mL means milliliter(s)
- cc means cubic centimeter(s)
- cc/g means cubic centimeters per gram
- mol means mole(s)
- mmol means millimole(s)
- wt % means percent by weight and “mol %” means percent by mole.
- a “glass substrate” may comprise any kind of ion-exchangeable glass.
- examples of such glass include soda-lime silicate glass, alkali aluminosilicate glass or alkali aluminoborosilicate glass, though other glass compositions are contemplated including glasses where glass forming components are free of silica, such as boron oxide (borate), phosphorous oxide (phosphate), aluminum oxide (aluminate), etc.
- ion exchangeable means that a glass is capable of exchanging alkali ion located in the glass structure of the glass (i.e., “host alkali ions”), such as at or near the surface of the substrate, with larger alkali ions (i.e., “invading alkali ions”) from an exchange medium that may be a liquid, solid or gas.
- An “ion exchange rate” refers to an amount of invading ions entering a substrate over a period of time.
- a glass may have chemical composition and/or chemical structure variations at different locations or “volumes” in the glass.
- An example of chemical composition variation is an excess of metal, such as metal ions or other forms of metal and may include a metal species, such as tin or lead.
- An example is metal that remains in a flat glass made by a float glass method, such as tin.
- An example of chemical structure variation is the presence of an element in the glass in which the element may have different valences throughout different volumes, such as tin present in Sn 2+ and Sn 4+ valences in the different volumes.
- the different forms of tin form different chemical structures in the different volumes.
- substrate glasses include silicate glasses, such as soda-lime silicate glass or sodium aluminosilicate glass that includes alumina, at least one alkali metal and, in some embodiments, greater than 50 mol % SiO 2 , in other embodiments at least 58 mol % SiO 2 , and in still other embodiments at least 60 mol % SiO 2 .
- silicate glasses such as soda-lime silicate glass or sodium aluminosilicate glass that includes alumina, at least one alkali metal and, in some embodiments, greater than 50 mol % SiO 2 , in other embodiments at least 58 mol % SiO 2 , and in still other embodiments at least 60 mol % SiO 2 .
- Exemplary embodiments of chemically strengthened glasses include soda-lime silicate glass and sodium aluminosilicate glass which are strengthened, such as, in potassium nitrate salt baths. Chemical strengthening may be performed at various temperatures, such as at temperatures above about 400° C., preferably about 430° C., and with ion exchange durations of about 1-24 hours.
- the zone of compressive stress occurs, for example, within a diffusion depth of about 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 or 125 to about 150 ⁇ m of a surface of a substrate glass.
- compressive stress in a strengthened glass is greatest at a surface (i.e., a “surface compression”) of the glass and the level of compressive stress follows a gradient extending downward from the surface through a case depth in the strengthened glass.
- the amount of surface compression may be up to about 800 MPa or higher in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and up to about 1200 MPa or higher in aluminosilicate glass.
- surface compression is about 200-650 MPa in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and about 300-850 MPa in aluminosilicate glass.
- surface compression is about 400-600 MPa in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and about 600-800 MPa in aluminosilicate glass.
- a strengthened silicate glass such as soda-lime silicate glass or sodium aluminosilicate glass comprises alumina, at least one alkali metal and, in some embodiments, greater than 50 mol % SiO 2 , in other embodiments at least 58 mol % SiO 2 , and in still other embodiments at least 60 mol % SiO 2 .
- a Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O total mol % is at least about 1, 2, 5, 7 or 8-10 mol % and ⁇ 25 mol %, preferably ⁇ 20 mol %, and more preferably ⁇ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-18 mol %.
- an alkali aluminosilicate glass comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of: 60-75 mol % SiO 2 ; 5-15 mol % Al 2 O 3 ; 0-12 mol % B 2 O 3 ; 8-21 mol % Na 2 O; 0-8 mol % K 2 O; 0-15 mol % MgO; and 0-3 mol % CaO.
- a Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O total mol % is at least about 1, 2, 5, 7 or 8-10 mol % and ⁇ 25 mol %, preferably ⁇ 20 mol %, and more preferably ⁇ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-18 mol %.
- an alkali aluminosilicate glass substrate comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of: 60-70 mol % SiO 2 ; 6-14 mol % Al 2 O 3 ; 0-15 mol % B 2 O 3 ; 0-15 mol % Li 2 O; 0-20 mol % Na 2 O; 0-10 mol % K 2 O; 0-15 mol % MgO; 0-10 mol % CaO; 0-5 mol % ZrO 2 ; 0-2 mol % SnO 2 ; 0-1 mol % CeO 2 ; wherein about 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, or 10-12 mol % ⁇ Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O ⁇ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-20 mol %, such as in a volume associated with a diffusion depth, and 0 mol % ⁇ MgO+CaO ⁇ 15 mol %.
- sodium ions in the substrate glass are replaced by potassium ions from a molten bath, though other alkali metal ions having a larger atomic radius, such as rubidium or cesium, may replace smaller alkali metal ions in the glass.
- other alkali metal salts such as, but not limited to, nitrates, sulfates, halides, and the like may be used in the ion exchange process.
- a chemically-strengthened glass substrate can have a surface compressive stress of about 200 MPa or more, e.g., about 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 or 1500 MPa or more, a case depth of about 5 ⁇ m or more (e.g., about 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 ⁇ m or more) and a diffusion depth of about 5 ⁇ m or more (e.g., about 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125 or 150 ⁇ m or more).
- a surface compressive stress of about 200 MPa or more, e.g., about 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 or 1500 MPa or more
- a case depth of about 5 ⁇ m or more e.g., about 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45
- a chemically-strengthened glass substrate can have a higher amount of metal in at least one surface volume or layer, such as a treatment-rich volume or a treatment-poor volume, than in a bulk volume adjacent these surface volumes.
- a concentration of metal in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume may be ⁇ about 0.4, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 8.0, 10.0, 12.0, 15.0, 20 or 25 mol % higher than a concentration of the metal in the bulk volume.
- a concentration of metal in the treatment-poor volume is higher than a concentration of the metal in a treatment-rich volume.
- a common example of strengthened glass with variant metal concentrations in the different volumes is chemically strengthened glass made from a flat glass substrate prepared using a float glass process utilizing tin.
- a chemically-strengthened glass substrate may have an average concentration of alkali ions (e.g. invading alkali ions and host alkali ions) that is the same or different in a diffusion depth of a surface volume than in an adjacent volume, such as a bulk volume.
- the surface volume may be a treatment-rich volume or a treatment-poor volume in the strengthened glass.
- the average concentration of alkali ions may be the same or different from an average concentration of alkali ions in the adjacent volume, such as a bulk volume.
- the average concentration of alkali ions in the diffusion depth of the surface volume is ⁇ to about 0.5 mol % higher than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume.
- the average concentration of alkali ions in the diffusion depth of the surface volume is ⁇ to about 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1 or 0.05 mol % higher, equal to or less than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume adjacent the surface volume.
- Exemplary embodiments of a liquid exchange medium which may be utilized in chemical strengthening include liquid molten salt baths.
- the molten liquid baths include invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius in the alkali metal ion of the molten salt that is larger than an average ionic radius of host alkali metal ions in the substrate glass prior to ion exchange.
- a common example of a liquid molten salt bath includes potassium nitrate with potassium as the invading alkali ion to replace sodium and/or lithium host ions in the substrate glass.
- Mixed salt blends of invading alkali ions may also be used as liquid exchange mediums. These blends may include salts of different alkali metals, preferably different alkali metal nitrates.
- a nitrate melt blend may include at least two different alkali ions, for example Na and K, or as well Na and Rb. But it is also possible that three or four different alkali metals are included. Rb ions or Cs ions may be used in chemical strengthening.
- the method according to the embodiment offers the option to effectively incorporate invading alkali ions into a treated glass article having ionic radii that are significantly larger than the radii of host alkali ions, such as lithium or sodium ions.
- Exemplary embodiments of a solid exchange medium which may be utilized in chemical strengthening include semi-solid pastes that may be applied to a surface of a glass substrate.
- the paste includes invading alkali ions from a source such as a salt and at least one rheological agent, such as clay, to suspend the ions in the solid exchange medium.
- Kaolin is a common example of a rheological agent which may utilized in making a solid exchange medium.
- the viscosity of a paste made with kaolin may be modified with water and other additives to suit an application by which the paste is applied to a glass substrate. Water content of a paste may be evaporated prior to application as a solid exchange medium utilizing a raised high temperature, such as greater than 120° C.
- Another example of a rheological agent is aluminosilicate fiber. Other clays and rheological agents are also contemplated.
- gas exchange mediums are also contemplated.
- An exchange medium may include a composition that affects the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the exchange medium.
- the composition may increase or decrease the rate of ion exchange of invading alkali ions into a substrate.
- the composition may be modified in many different ways to affect the rate of ion exchange associated with the exchange medium compared with another exchange medium under a matching or similar set of conditions.
- the compositions in the different exchange mediums may be altered by modifying one of the compositions to include an additive that slows the rate of ion exchange.
- additives which may be utilized to modify the rate of ion exchange associated with an exchange medium include, for example, various salts such as nitrates, sulfates, phosphates, and other salts containing smaller-sized alkali ions that are not the invading alkali ions such as sodium, lithium and alkaline earth salts such as those of calcium, strontium, or barium.
- Exemplary species of salts as “poisoning” species to KNO 3 as the primary invading alkali ion salt for instance, include, but are not limited to NaNO 3 , NaCl, LiNO 3 , LiCl, and Ca(NO 3 ) 2 .
- Other substances contributing various ions such as hydrogen or hydroxyl ions may also be utilized to alter the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions from an exchange medium.
- Other additives are also contemplated.
- Example 1 demonstrates the preparation of a chemically strengthened soda-lime silicate glass having a reduced induced curvature.
- Graph 200 shows a differential chemistry methodology. Chemistry of a paste exchange medium is varied by replacing KNO 3 , providing invading alkali ions, with NaNO 3 , providing competitive or poisonous ions, in a paste applied to a “rich surface” (i.e., a surface of a treatment-rich volume in a substrate).
- mol % replacement of KNO 3 by NaNO 3 in the paste applied to the rich surface is shown on the abscissa. Deflection for a flat glass having 50 mm span is given in microns on the ordinate. Note that for this example, an ideal flatness, (i.e., a near zero induced curvature) is crossed between 2.4 and 5.0 mol % NaNO 3 , as shown by the data plotted in graph 200 .
- Sample preparation Soda-lime silicate glass coupons, 50 mm ⁇ 50 mm across and 0.4 mm width, were cut from a mother sheet formed by a tin float glass process. Both surfaces (i.e., the treatment-rich surface and the treatment-poor surface) of the coupons were manually coated with a uniform amount of KNO 3 -containing paste as a solid exchange medium. An equivalent quantity of paste by weight was applied onto each surface. However, on separate coupons, the paste on the treatment-rich surface had 0.5, 1.0, 2.4, and 5.0 mol % of the total KNO 3 in the paste replaced by NaNO 3 . After drying the pastes on the coupons, all coupons were processed in air at 440° C. for 8 hours to allow for ion-exchange. After the ion-exchange treatment, the coupons were removed, air-cooled, and rinsed with water to remove the paste. A minimum of two coupons were examined for each parameter.
- Coupon deflection after processing was determined from surface profiles measured using a non-contact optical profiler. Deflection is the peak-to-valley height determined along a line drawn between opposite edge mid-points of the square coupon. Deflection versus replacement of KNO 3 by NaNO 3 (mol %) is given in graph 200 . A positive deflection measurement in graph 200 indicates convex curvature of the rich surface. A negative deflection measurement indicates concave curvature of the rich surface.
- the replacement of KNO 3 by NaNO 3 produced a deflection measurement of less than the 50 micron target for 2.4 and 5.0 mol % in this example.
- the ideal flat was crossed between 2.4 and 5.0 mol % replacement NaNO 3 .
- average deflection was 35.4 micron (rich surface convex)
- average surface compression was 374 MPa for the rich surface and 384 MPa for the poor surface
- average case depth was 14.3 micron for the rich surface and 13.8 micron for the poor surface.
- Comparative sample coupons which had the KNO 3 paste applied to the rich surface, free of NaNO 3 replacement, and otherwise underwent equivalent processing had an average deflection measurement of 42.1 micron (rich surface convex), average surface compression was 427 MPa for the rich surface and 423 MPa for the poor surface, and average case depth was 16.0 micron on the rich surface and 15.8 micron on the poor surface.
- the average deflection of the comparative coupons is represented by the horizontal dashed line in graph 200 in FIG. 2 .
- Example 2 demonstrates the preparation of a chemically strengthened soda-lime silicate glass having a reduced induced curvature.
- Graph 300 shows a differential chemistry methodology. The chemistry of a paste exchange medium is varied by replacing KNO 3 , providing invading alkali ions, with Ca(NO 3 ) 2 providing competitive or poisonous ions, in a paste applied to a “rich surface” (i.e., a surface of a treatment-treatment rich volume in a substrate).
- a “rich surface” i.e., a surface of a treatment-treatment rich volume in a substrate.
- the mol % replacement of KNO 3 by Ca(NO 3 ) 2 in the pastes applied to the rich surface are shown on the abscissa.
- Sample preparation Soda-lime silicate glass coupons, 50 mm ⁇ 50 mm across and 0.4 mm width, were cut from a mother sheet formed by a tin float glass process. Both surfaces (i.e., the treatment-rich surface and the treatment-poor surface) of the coupons were manually coated with a uniform amount of KNO 3 -containing paste as a solid exchange medium. An equivalent quantity of paste by weight was applied onto each surface. However, on separate coupons, the paste on the treatment-rich surface had 1.0, 5.0, and 10.0 mol % of the total KNO 3 in the paste replaced by Ca(NO 3 ) 2 . After drying the pastes on the coupons, all coupons were processed in air at 440° C. for 24 hours to allow for ion-exchange. After the ion-exchange treatment, the coupons were removed, air-cooled, and rinsed with water to remove the paste. A minimum of two coupons were examined for each parameter.
- Coupon deflection after processing was determined from surface profiles measured using a non-contact optical profiler. Deflection is the peak-to-valley height determined along a line drawn between opposite edge mid-points of the square coupon. Deflection versus replacement of KNO 3 by Ca(NO 3 ) 2 (mol %) is given in graph 300 . A positive deflection measurement in graph 300 indicates convex curvature of the rich surface. A negative deflection measurement indicates concave curvature of the rich surface.
- the replacement of KNO 3 by Ca(NO 3 ) 2 produced a deflection measurement of less than the 50 micron target for 1.0 and 5.0 mol % in this example.
- the ideal flat was crossed near 5.0 mol % replacement Ca(NO 3 ) 2 .
- average deflection was 8.2 micron (rich side convex)
- average surface compression was 333 MPa for the rich surface and 369 MPa for the poor surface
- average case depth was 23.2 micron for the rich surface and 26.4 micron for the poor surface.
- Comparative sample coupons which had the KNO 3 paste applied to the rich surface, free of Ca(NO 3 ) 2 replacement, and otherwise underwent equivalent processing had an average deflection measurement of 157.3 micron (rich side convex), average surface compression was 412 MPa for the rich surface and 379 MPa for the poor surface, and average case depth was 27.1 micron on the rich surface and 27.9 micron on the poor surface.
- the average deflection of the comparative coupons is represented by the horizontal dashed line shown in graph 300 in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 4 is flowchart illustrating exemplary processes for making a strengthened substrate.
- a glass substrate having different volumes, such as a “treatment-rich” volume and a “treatment-poor” volume in the glass structure including host alkali ions.
- the glass may be soda-lime silicate glass or aluminosilicate glass.
- the volumes may be located, for example, as opposed to each other in the substrate, and according to an embodiment, may be diametrically opposed.
- the glass substrate may have variations in the different volumes, such as a variation in chemical composition and/or chemical structure.
- An example of a variation in chemical composition is an amount of tin situated in different volumes of the glass.
- An example of a variation in chemical structure is the presence of tin in different valences, Sn 2+ and Sn 4+ in different volumes of the glass.
- a variation in chemical composition and/or chemical structure in the treatment-poor volume may distinguish it from the treatment-rich volume.
- an exchange medium such as a paste having a composition made from kaolin and water, and includes KNO 3 providing invading alkali ions that are potassium, is applied to a surface of the treatment-poor volume.
- a modified exchange medium includes a modified composition that comprises Ca(NO 3 ) 2 +KNO 3 that is 95 mol. % KNO 3 and 5 mol. % Ca(NO 3 ) 2 as poisonous or competitive ions, but is otherwise the same paste applied as the exchange medium in Step 404 .
- the modified exchange medium is applied to a surface of the treatment-rich volume.
- ion exchange is conducted on the glass substrate with the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium applied to the respective surfaces.
- a net bending moment is about zero, in a fully strengthened substrate after the exchange medium and modified exchange mediums have been applied and the compressive stress varies at different locations in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume of the strengthened substrate.
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Description
- The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/046,936, filed on Oct. 5, 2013, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61,710,139, entitled “Strengthened Glass and Curvature Control” by Patrick K. Kreski filed on Oct. 5, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- Chemical strengthening of glass, also called ion-exchange strengthening or chemical tempering, is a technique to strengthen a prepared glass article by increasing compression within the glass itself. It generally involves introducing larger alkali ions into the glass chemical structure, to replace smaller alkali ions present in the structure. A common implementation of chemical strengthening in glass occurs through the exchange of sodium ions, having a relatively smaller ionic radius, with potassium ions, having a relatively larger ionic radius by submerging a glass substrate containing sodium ions in a bath containing molten potassium salts.
- Chemical strengthening is often utilized to increase compression in order to increase strength, abrasion resistance, and/or thermal shock resistance into a glass article. The increased compression can be introduced to various depths in the glass and is often implemented within a surface layer. Chemical strengthening is commonly utilized for treating flat glass. But it may also be used for treating non-flat glass articles, such as cylinders and other shapes of greater geometric complexity.
- Flat glass is commonly manufactured by a number of known techniques. These include the float glass method and drawing methods, such as the fusion down-draw method and the slot draw method. However, a prepared flat glass article may have variations in its chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass. For example, flat glass that is manufactured by the float glass technique is often prepared by spreading softened glass material on a molten metal surface such as tin. The glass is then cooled to form a solid, flat glass. As a result, the prepared flat glass often contains a greater amount of tin on the side that was nearer the molten tin and the concentration of tin is commonly greater near the surface of that side.
- Chemical strengthening is often used to treat glass having variations in chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass. The variations produce locations that are treatment-rich or treatment-poor relative to each other for ion exchange and/or compression development in chemical strengthening. When chemical strengthening is used to treat such glass, the introduced compressive stress is often not uniformly distributed. This may introduce a bending moment and subsequent induced curvature in a glass article treated by chemical strengthening, particularly for glass articles having a width of less than 3 mm. The induced curvature is often undesirable. Induced curvature is especially problematic in manufacturing thin flat glass articles according to manufacturing specifications that include the enhanced physical properties associated with chemical strengthening, but without induced curvature. For example, glass used in manufactured electronic articles, such as displays for “smart” phones, often requires glass that is uniformly flat and high in strength and in abrasion resistance.
- For a thin, flat glass article, such as an article having two major surfaces, the non-equivalence of interdiffusion of invading alkali ions and/or compression generation properties between the major surfaces of the flat glass substrate after chemical strengthening commonly often has an effect, such that a local force times the distance from the mid-plane of a glass article is not equivalent when summed from the treatment-poor surface to the mid-plane and from the treatment-rich surface to the mid-plane. Thus the net bending moment about the mid-plane is non-zero (i.e., there is a non-zero net bending moment of the stress about the mid-plane). As a result, bending stresses are generated. For glass articles of thin cross-section, these bending stresses generate deflection of the glass article from flat. That is, thin, chemically strengthened glasses manufactured by the float process often exhibit measurable curvature after chemical strengthening. The direction of curvature is often concave on the poor surface and convex on the rich surface.
- In recent years, various types of efforts have attempted to overcome the problem of induced curvature that is associated with the chemical strengthening of glass. One approach involves grinding and polishing a prepared glass prior to chemical strengthening. The grinding and polishing is performed to remove those parts of a glass having a different chemical composition and/or structure. An example of this approach is grinding and polishing a flat glass made by the float method to remove the surface layer(s) containing a significant amount of tin. However, grinding and polishing the float glass introduces abrasions and may introduce other physical defects, in addition to the added time and expense associated with performing the grinding and polishing. Other approaches have involved secondary chemical treatments of prepared glass done prior to chemical strengthening. The secondary chemical treatments are utilized in an attempt to address differences chemical composition and/or structure at different locations in the glass. However secondary chemical treatments can alter the physical properties of the glass and otherwise degrade a glass produced through subsequent chemical strengthening. Also, like grinding and polishing, secondary chemical treatments involve the time and expense of an extra processing step that is done prior to chemical strengthening.
- Given the foregoing, chemically strengthened glass and methods for making chemically strengthened glass are desired in which the strengthened glass has reduced induced curvature. It is also desired that the strengthened glass not have the drawbacks associated with grinding and polishing or secondary chemical treatment(s) applied in prior methods associated with the chemical strengthening of the glass. It is also desired that the strengthened glass have the improved physical properties of chemically strengthened glass, such as higher strength, higher abrasion resistance, and/or higher thermal shock resistance.
- This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts. These concepts are further described below in the detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is this summary intended as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
- According to an implementation, there is a method for making a strengthened substrate. The method may include providing a substrate. The substrate may be characterized by having a glass chemical structure. The glass chemical structure may include host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure. The substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume. The volumes may be located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The method may also include providing an exchange medium. The exchange medium may be characterized by including a composition including invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The composition may be associated with an ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions. The method may also include providing a modified exchange medium characterized by including a modified composition including invading alkali ions. The modified composition may be associated with a modified ion exchange rate that is slower than the ion exchange rate. The method may include applying the modified exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-rich volume. The method may also include applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-poor volume. The method may also include conducting ion exchange while applying at least one of the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium to produce the strengthened substrate.
- According to another implementation, there is an article of manufacture. The article may include a chemically strengthened substrate characterized by having a glass chemical structure including alkali ions situated in the glass chemical structure. The substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume including a rich surface of the substrate. The volumes may also include a treatment-poor volume including a poor surface of the substrate and characterized by having a variation from the treatment-rich volume in at least one of a chemical composition and a chemical structure. The volumes may also include a bulk volume, within the substrate, that may be adjacent at least one of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume. A concentration of metal may be in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume. The concentration of metal may be ≧ about 0.4 mole % higher than a concentration of the metal in the bulk volume. A concentration of the metal may be higher in the treatment-poor volume than a concentration of the metal in the treatment-rich volume. A concentration of alkali ions may be in a diffusion depth of at least one of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume. The concentration of alkali ions may be ≦ about 0.5 mole % higher than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume.
- According to another implementation, there is an article of manufacture. The article may include a chemically strengthened substrate. The chemically strengthened substrate may be made by a process including providing a substrate. The substrate may be characterized by having a glass chemical structure comprising host alkali ions having an average ionic radius situated in the glass chemical structure. The substrate may have dimensional volumes including a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume. The volumes may be located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The process may also include providing an exchange medium. The exchange medium may be characterized by including a composition including invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than the average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The composition may be associated with an ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions. The process may also include providing a modified exchange medium. The modified exchange medium may include a modified composition including invading alkali ions. The modified composition may be associated with a modified ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions that is slower than the ion exchange rate. The process may also include applying the modified exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-rich volume. The process may also include applying the exchange medium to a surface of the treatment-poor volume. The process may also include conducting ion exchange while applying at least one of the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium to produce the strengthened substrate.
- The above summary is not intended to describe each embodiment or every implementation. Further features, their nature and various advantages are described in the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the examples and embodiments.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate one or more embodiments described herein and, together with the description, explain these embodiments. In addition, it should be understood that the drawings are presented for example purposes only. In the drawings:
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FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary overview of an implementation described herein; -
FIG. 2 is a graph showing properties of exemplary strengthened substrates made utilizing exchange mediums including a monovalent additive; -
FIG. 3 is a graph showing properties of exemplary strengthened substrates made utilizing exchange mediums including a divalent additive; and -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process for making a strengthened substrate. - The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.
- The present invention is useful for making chemically strengthened glass, and has been found to be particularly advantageous for making chemically strengthened glass having reduced induced curvature. A chemically strengthened glass, according to the principles of the invention, does not have the drawbacks associated with grinding and polishing or secondary chemical treatment(s) when done prior to chemical strengthening. While the present invention is not necessarily limited to such applications, various aspects of the invention are appreciated through a discussion of various examples using this context.
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FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary overview of an implementation described herein. Assume that a glass substrate has variations in its chemical composition and/or chemical structure at different locations or “volumes” in the glass. One type of variation has a chemical composition and/or chemical structure that is more readily treated by chemical strengthening and is a “treatment-rich” volume. Another type of variation has a chemical composition and/or chemical structure that is less readily treated by chemical strengthening and is a “treatment-poor” volume. The term “treatment-rich volume” refers to a volume of a glass substrate which exhibits faster alkali ion interdiffusion and/or greater compression development during chemical strengthening relative to a “treatment-poor volume” under equivalent chemical strengthening conditions applied to the glass substrate. A volume may occur at a surface of a substrate, or in a space or layer beneath the surface. A treatment-rich volume or treatment-poor volume may be a surface layer of a glass substrate in which the diffusion of invading alkali ions extends to a given “diffusion depth” from the surface, also called a penetration depth or a diffusion layer. In chemical strengthening, a portion of the diffusion depth is in compressive stress, called case depth. Case depth is the width of the diffusion layer that is in compressive stress in a specimen. - Different exchange mediums may be utilized in performing the chemical strengthening of the treatment-rich volume and the treatment-poor volume. Assume also that the different exchange mediums may be distinguished by including different compositions including invading alkali ions within the different exchange mediums. The compositions may be varied in many ways to affect the ion exchange rate associated with a composition in an exchange medium. One type of variation may include one or more additives to at least one of the compositions. Other variations may also be utilized such as by utilizing different solvents, different species of invading ions, etc. A variation in a composition may decrease or increase an ion exchange rate associated with a composition in an exchange medium.
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FIG. 1 , atstep 102, a glass substrate is provided with different volumes, a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume. Atstep 104, an exchange medium, including a composition including invading alkali ions, is applied to a surface of a treatment-poor volume. Atstep 106, a modified exchange medium, including a modified composition, is applied to a surface of a treatment rich volume in the glass substrate. The modified composition includes, for example, an additive, such as ions that compete with the invading alkali ions. The additive has the effect of “poisoning” the modified exchange medium, thus lowering its ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions. Thus, the modified ion exchange rate of the modified exchange medium is slower than the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the exchange medium applied instep 104. - While the exchange mediums are applied, in
step 104 and step 106, chemical strengthening proceeds to produce a strengthened substrate in which the induced curvature has been reduced or nullified through the application of the different exchange mediums to the different volumes. Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, it appears that the slower ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the modified exchange medium applied to the treatment-rich volume offsets the difference in ion-exchangeability between the treatment-rich and treatment-poor volumes, thus reducing or nullifying induced curvature that would otherwise result from chemical strengthening of the glass substrate. - For simplicity and illustrative purposes, the present invention is described by referring mainly to embodiments, principles and examples thereof. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the examples. It is readily apparent however, that the embodiments may be practiced without limitation to these specific details. In other instances, some embodiments have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the description. Furthermore, different embodiments are described below. The embodiments may be used or performed together in different combinations.
- The operation and effects of certain embodiments can be more fully appreciated from the examples, as described below. The embodiments on which these examples are based are representative only. The selection of these embodiments to illustrate the principles of the invention does not indicate that materials, components, reactants, conditions, techniques, configurations and designs, etc. which are not described in the examples are not suitable for use, or that subject matter not described in the examples is excluded from the scope of the appended claims or their equivalents. The significance of the examples may be better understood by comparing the results obtained therefrom with potential results which may be obtained from tests or trials that may be, or may have been, designed to serve as controlled experiments and to provide a basis for comparison.
- As used herein, the terms “based on”, “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes”, “including”, “has”, “having” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Further, unless expressly stated to the contrary, “or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example, a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true (or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or not present) and B is true (or present), and both A and B is true (or present). Also, use of the “a” or “an” is employed to describe elements and components. This is done merely for convenience and to give a general sense of the description. This description should be read to include one or at least one and the singular also includes the plural unless it is obvious that it is meant otherwise.
- The meaning of abbreviations and certain terms used herein is as follows: “mm” means millimeter(s), “μm” means micrometer(s) or micron(s), “g” means gram(s), “mg” means milligram(s), “μg” means microgram(s), “L” means liter(s), “mL” means milliliter(s), “cc” means cubic centimeter(s), “cc/g” means cubic centimeters per gram, “mol” means mole(s), “mmol” means millimole(s), “wt %” means percent by weight and “mol %” means percent by mole.
- As used herein a “glass substrate” may comprise any kind of ion-exchangeable glass. Examples of such glass include soda-lime silicate glass, alkali aluminosilicate glass or alkali aluminoborosilicate glass, though other glass compositions are contemplated including glasses where glass forming components are free of silica, such as boron oxide (borate), phosphorous oxide (phosphate), aluminum oxide (aluminate), etc. As used herein, “ion exchangeable” means that a glass is capable of exchanging alkali ion located in the glass structure of the glass (i.e., “host alkali ions”), such as at or near the surface of the substrate, with larger alkali ions (i.e., “invading alkali ions”) from an exchange medium that may be a liquid, solid or gas. An “ion exchange rate” refers to an amount of invading ions entering a substrate over a period of time. A glass may have chemical composition and/or chemical structure variations at different locations or “volumes” in the glass. An example of chemical composition variation is an excess of metal, such as metal ions or other forms of metal and may include a metal species, such as tin or lead. An example is metal that remains in a flat glass made by a float glass method, such as tin. An example of chemical structure variation is the presence of an element in the glass in which the element may have different valences throughout different volumes, such as tin present in Sn2+ and Sn4+ valences in the different volumes. In this example, the different forms of tin form different chemical structures in the different volumes.
- Exemplary embodiments of substrate glasses include silicate glasses, such as soda-lime silicate glass or sodium aluminosilicate glass that includes alumina, at least one alkali metal and, in some embodiments, greater than 50 mol % SiO2, in other embodiments at least 58 mol % SiO2, and in still other embodiments at least 60 mol % SiO2.
- Exemplary embodiments of chemically strengthened glasses include soda-lime silicate glass and sodium aluminosilicate glass which are strengthened, such as, in potassium nitrate salt baths. Chemical strengthening may be performed at various temperatures, such as at temperatures above about 400° C., preferably about 430° C., and with ion exchange durations of about 1-24 hours. The zone of compressive stress occurs, for example, within a diffusion depth of about 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 or 125 to about 150 μm of a surface of a substrate glass. According to an exemplary embodiment, compressive stress in a strengthened glass is greatest at a surface (i.e., a “surface compression”) of the glass and the level of compressive stress follows a gradient extending downward from the surface through a case depth in the strengthened glass. In exemplary embodiments, the amount of surface compression may be up to about 800 MPa or higher in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and up to about 1200 MPa or higher in aluminosilicate glass. In some exemplary embodiments, surface compression is about 200-650 MPa in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and about 300-850 MPa in aluminosilicate glass. In other exemplary embodiments, surface compression is about 400-600 MPa in strengthened soda-lime silicate glass and about 600-800 MPa in aluminosilicate glass.
- In some exemplary embodiments, a strengthened silicate glass, such as soda-lime silicate glass or sodium aluminosilicate glass comprises alumina, at least one alkali metal and, in some embodiments, greater than 50 mol % SiO2, in other embodiments at least 58 mol % SiO2, and in still other embodiments at least 60 mol % SiO2. In these embodiments, a Li2O+Na2O+K2O total mol %, such as in a volume associated with a diffusion depth, is at least about 1, 2, 5, 7 or 8-10 mol % and ≦25 mol %, preferably ≦20 mol %, and more preferably ≦ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-18 mol %.
- In another exemplary embodiment, an alkali aluminosilicate glass comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of: 60-75 mol % SiO2; 5-15 mol % Al2O3; 0-12 mol % B2O3; 8-21 mol % Na2O; 0-8 mol % K2O; 0-15 mol % MgO; and 0-3 mol % CaO. In these embodiments, such as in a volume associated with a diffusion depth, a Li2O+Na2O+K2O total mol % is at least about 1, 2, 5, 7 or 8-10 mol % and ≦25 mol %, preferably ≦20 mol %, and more preferably ≦ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-18 mol %.
- In yet another embodiment, an alkali aluminosilicate glass substrate comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of: 60-70 mol % SiO2; 6-14 mol % Al2O3; 0-15 mol % B2O3; 0-15 mol % Li2O; 0-20 mol % Na2O; 0-10 mol % K2O; 0-15 mol % MgO; 0-10 mol % CaO; 0-5 mol % ZrO2; 0-2 mol % SnO2; 0-1 mol % CeO2; wherein about 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, or 10-12 mol %≦Li2O+Na2O+K2O≦ about 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15 or 16-20 mol %, such as in a volume associated with a diffusion depth, and 0 mol %≦MgO+CaO≦15 mol %.
- In one example embodiment, sodium ions in the substrate glass are replaced by potassium ions from a molten bath, though other alkali metal ions having a larger atomic radius, such as rubidium or cesium, may replace smaller alkali metal ions in the glass. Similarly, other alkali metal salts such as, but not limited to, nitrates, sulfates, halides, and the like may be used in the ion exchange process.
- In another example embodiment, a chemically-strengthened glass substrate can have a surface compressive stress of about 200 MPa or more, e.g., about 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 or 1500 MPa or more, a case depth of about 5 μm or more (e.g., about 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 μm or more) and a diffusion depth of about 5 μm or more (e.g., about 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 125 or 150 μm or more).
- In another example embodiment, a chemically-strengthened glass substrate can have a higher amount of metal in at least one surface volume or layer, such as a treatment-rich volume or a treatment-poor volume, than in a bulk volume adjacent these surface volumes. A concentration of metal in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume may be ≧ about 0.4, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 8.0, 10.0, 12.0, 15.0, 20 or 25 mol % higher than a concentration of the metal in the bulk volume. According to an embodiment, a concentration of metal in the treatment-poor volume is higher than a concentration of the metal in a treatment-rich volume. A common example of strengthened glass with variant metal concentrations in the different volumes is chemically strengthened glass made from a flat glass substrate prepared using a float glass process utilizing tin.
- In another example embodiment, a chemically-strengthened glass substrate may have an average concentration of alkali ions (e.g. invading alkali ions and host alkali ions) that is the same or different in a diffusion depth of a surface volume than in an adjacent volume, such as a bulk volume. The surface volume may be a treatment-rich volume or a treatment-poor volume in the strengthened glass. The average concentration of alkali ions may be the same or different from an average concentration of alkali ions in the adjacent volume, such as a bulk volume. In one example embodiment, the average concentration of alkali ions in the diffusion depth of the surface volume is ≦ to about 0.5 mol % higher than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume. In other embodiments, the average concentration of alkali ions in the diffusion depth of the surface volume is ≦ to about 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1 or 0.05 mol % higher, equal to or less than a concentration of the alkali ions in the bulk volume adjacent the surface volume.
- Exemplary embodiments of a liquid exchange medium which may be utilized in chemical strengthening include liquid molten salt baths. The molten liquid baths include invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius in the alkali metal ion of the molten salt that is larger than an average ionic radius of host alkali metal ions in the substrate glass prior to ion exchange. A common example of a liquid molten salt bath includes potassium nitrate with potassium as the invading alkali ion to replace sodium and/or lithium host ions in the substrate glass.
- Mixed salt blends of invading alkali ions may also be used as liquid exchange mediums. These blends may include salts of different alkali metals, preferably different alkali metal nitrates. A nitrate melt blend may include at least two different alkali ions, for example Na and K, or as well Na and Rb. But it is also possible that three or four different alkali metals are included. Rb ions or Cs ions may be used in chemical strengthening. The method according to the embodiment offers the option to effectively incorporate invading alkali ions into a treated glass article having ionic radii that are significantly larger than the radii of host alkali ions, such as lithium or sodium ions.
- Exemplary embodiments of a solid exchange medium which may be utilized in chemical strengthening include semi-solid pastes that may be applied to a surface of a glass substrate. The paste includes invading alkali ions from a source such as a salt and at least one rheological agent, such as clay, to suspend the ions in the solid exchange medium. Kaolin is a common example of a rheological agent which may utilized in making a solid exchange medium. The viscosity of a paste made with kaolin may be modified with water and other additives to suit an application by which the paste is applied to a glass substrate. Water content of a paste may be evaporated prior to application as a solid exchange medium utilizing a raised high temperature, such as greater than 120° C. Another example of a rheological agent is aluminosilicate fiber. Other clays and rheological agents are also contemplated.
- In addition to liquid and solid exchange mediums, gas exchange mediums are also contemplated.
- An exchange medium may include a composition that affects the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions in the exchange medium. The composition may increase or decrease the rate of ion exchange of invading alkali ions into a substrate. The composition may be modified in many different ways to affect the rate of ion exchange associated with the exchange medium compared with another exchange medium under a matching or similar set of conditions. For example, the compositions in the different exchange mediums may be altered by modifying one of the compositions to include an additive that slows the rate of ion exchange.
- Examples of additives which may be utilized to modify the rate of ion exchange associated with an exchange medium include, for example, various salts such as nitrates, sulfates, phosphates, and other salts containing smaller-sized alkali ions that are not the invading alkali ions such as sodium, lithium and alkaline earth salts such as those of calcium, strontium, or barium. Exemplary species of salts as “poisoning” species to KNO3 as the primary invading alkali ion salt, for instance, include, but are not limited to NaNO3, NaCl, LiNO3, LiCl, and Ca(NO3)2. Other substances contributing various ions such as hydrogen or hydroxyl ions may also be utilized to alter the ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions from an exchange medium. Other additives are also contemplated.
- The following examples demonstrate methods of making chemically strengthened glass utilizing differential chemistry methodology.
- Example 1 demonstrates the preparation of a chemically strengthened soda-lime silicate glass having a reduced induced curvature. Reference is made to graph 200 in
FIG. 2 in the example.Graph 200 shows a differential chemistry methodology. Chemistry of a paste exchange medium is varied by replacing KNO3, providing invading alkali ions, with NaNO3, providing competitive or poisonous ions, in a paste applied to a “rich surface” (i.e., a surface of a treatment-rich volume in a substrate). Ingraph 200, mol % replacement of KNO3 by NaNO3 in the paste applied to the rich surface is shown on the abscissa. Deflection for a flat glass having 50 mm span is given in microns on the ordinate. Note that for this example, an ideal flatness, (i.e., a near zero induced curvature) is crossed between 2.4 and 5.0 mol % NaNO3, as shown by the data plotted ingraph 200. - Sample preparation: Soda-lime silicate glass coupons, 50 mm×50 mm across and 0.4 mm width, were cut from a mother sheet formed by a tin float glass process. Both surfaces (i.e., the treatment-rich surface and the treatment-poor surface) of the coupons were manually coated with a uniform amount of KNO3-containing paste as a solid exchange medium. An equivalent quantity of paste by weight was applied onto each surface. However, on separate coupons, the paste on the treatment-rich surface had 0.5, 1.0, 2.4, and 5.0 mol % of the total KNO3 in the paste replaced by NaNO3. After drying the pastes on the coupons, all coupons were processed in air at 440° C. for 8 hours to allow for ion-exchange. After the ion-exchange treatment, the coupons were removed, air-cooled, and rinsed with water to remove the paste. A minimum of two coupons were examined for each parameter.
- Results: Coupon deflection after processing was determined from surface profiles measured using a non-contact optical profiler. Deflection is the peak-to-valley height determined along a line drawn between opposite edge mid-points of the square coupon. Deflection versus replacement of KNO3 by NaNO3 (mol %) is given in
graph 200. A positive deflection measurement ingraph 200 indicates convex curvature of the rich surface. A negative deflection measurement indicates concave curvature of the rich surface. - The replacement of KNO3 by NaNO3 (mol %) produced a deflection measurement of less than the 50 micron target for 2.4 and 5.0 mol % in this example. The ideal flat was crossed between 2.4 and 5.0 mol % replacement NaNO3. At 2.4 mol % replacement NaNO3, average deflection was 35.4 micron (rich surface convex), average surface compression was 374 MPa for the rich surface and 384 MPa for the poor surface, average case depth was 14.3 micron for the rich surface and 13.8 micron for the poor surface.
- Comparative sample coupons, which had the KNO3 paste applied to the rich surface, free of NaNO3 replacement, and otherwise underwent equivalent processing had an average deflection measurement of 42.1 micron (rich surface convex), average surface compression was 427 MPa for the rich surface and 423 MPa for the poor surface, and average case depth was 16.0 micron on the rich surface and 15.8 micron on the poor surface. The average deflection of the comparative coupons is represented by the horizontal dashed line in
graph 200 inFIG. 2 . - Example 2 demonstrates the preparation of a chemically strengthened soda-lime silicate glass having a reduced induced curvature. Reference is made to graph 300 in
FIG. 3 .Graph 300 shows a differential chemistry methodology. The chemistry of a paste exchange medium is varied by replacing KNO3, providing invading alkali ions, with Ca(NO3)2 providing competitive or poisonous ions, in a paste applied to a “rich surface” (i.e., a surface of a treatment-treatment rich volume in a substrate). Ingraph 300, the mol % replacement of KNO3 by Ca(NO3)2 in the pastes applied to the rich surface are shown on the abscissa. Deflection for a flat glass having 50 mm span is given in microns on the ordinate. Note that for this example, an ideal flatness, (i.e., a near zero induced curvature) is crossed near 5.0 mol % Ca(NO3)2, as shown by the data plotted ingraph 300. - Sample preparation: Soda-lime silicate glass coupons, 50 mm×50 mm across and 0.4 mm width, were cut from a mother sheet formed by a tin float glass process. Both surfaces (i.e., the treatment-rich surface and the treatment-poor surface) of the coupons were manually coated with a uniform amount of KNO3-containing paste as a solid exchange medium. An equivalent quantity of paste by weight was applied onto each surface. However, on separate coupons, the paste on the treatment-rich surface had 1.0, 5.0, and 10.0 mol % of the total KNO3 in the paste replaced by Ca(NO3)2. After drying the pastes on the coupons, all coupons were processed in air at 440° C. for 24 hours to allow for ion-exchange. After the ion-exchange treatment, the coupons were removed, air-cooled, and rinsed with water to remove the paste. A minimum of two coupons were examined for each parameter.
- Results: Coupon deflection after processing was determined from surface profiles measured using a non-contact optical profiler. Deflection is the peak-to-valley height determined along a line drawn between opposite edge mid-points of the square coupon. Deflection versus replacement of KNO3 by Ca(NO3)2 (mol %) is given in
graph 300. A positive deflection measurement ingraph 300 indicates convex curvature of the rich surface. A negative deflection measurement indicates concave curvature of the rich surface. - The replacement of KNO3 by Ca(NO3)2 (mol %) produced a deflection measurement of less than the 50 micron target for 1.0 and 5.0 mol % in this example. The ideal flat was crossed near 5.0 mol % replacement Ca(NO3)2. At 5.0 mol % replacement Ca(NO3)2, average deflection was 8.2 micron (rich side convex), average surface compression was 333 MPa for the rich surface and 369 MPa for the poor surface, average case depth was 23.2 micron for the rich surface and 26.4 micron for the poor surface.
- Comparative sample coupons, which had the KNO3 paste applied to the rich surface, free of Ca(NO3)2 replacement, and otherwise underwent equivalent processing had an average deflection measurement of 157.3 micron (rich side convex), average surface compression was 412 MPa for the rich surface and 379 MPa for the poor surface, and average case depth was 27.1 micron on the rich surface and 27.9 micron on the poor surface. The average deflection of the comparative coupons is represented by the horizontal dashed line shown in
graph 300 inFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 4 is flowchart illustrating exemplary processes for making a strengthened substrate. - At
step 402, a glass substrate is provided having different volumes, such as a “treatment-rich” volume and a “treatment-poor” volume in the glass structure including host alkali ions. The glass may be soda-lime silicate glass or aluminosilicate glass. The volumes may be located, for example, as opposed to each other in the substrate, and according to an embodiment, may be diametrically opposed. The glass substrate may have variations in the different volumes, such as a variation in chemical composition and/or chemical structure. An example of a variation in chemical composition is an amount of tin situated in different volumes of the glass. An example of a variation in chemical structure is the presence of tin in different valences, Sn2+ and Sn4+ in different volumes of the glass. A variation in chemical composition and/or chemical structure in the treatment-poor volume may distinguish it from the treatment-rich volume. - At
step 404, an exchange medium such as a paste having a composition made from kaolin and water, and includes KNO3 providing invading alkali ions that are potassium, is applied to a surface of the treatment-poor volume. - At
step 406, according to an embodiment, a modified exchange medium includes a modified composition that comprises Ca(NO3)2+KNO3 that is 95 mol. % KNO3 and 5 mol. % Ca(NO3)2 as poisonous or competitive ions, but is otherwise the same paste applied as the exchange medium inStep 404. The modified exchange medium is applied to a surface of the treatment-rich volume. - At
step 408, ion exchange is conducted on the glass substrate with the exchange medium and the modified exchange medium applied to the respective surfaces. According to an embodiment, a net bending moment is about zero, in a fully strengthened substrate after the exchange medium and modified exchange mediums have been applied and the compressive stress varies at different locations in at least one of the treatment-poor volume and the treatment-rich volume of the strengthened substrate. - Although described specifically throughout the entirety of the disclosure, the representative examples have utility over a wide range of applications, and the above discussion is not intended and should not be construed to be limiting. The terms, descriptions and figures used herein are set forth by way of illustration only and are not meant as limitations. Those skilled in the art recognize that many variations are possible within the spirit and scope of the principles of the invention. While the examples have been described with reference to the figures, those skilled in the art are able to make various modifications to the described examples without departing from the scope of the following claims, and their equivalents.
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