Abstract: Low emissivity glazing which is an assembly of thin layers including at least one metal layer reflecting infrared rays between one or more dielectric layers located between the metal layer and the glass sheet and on the metal layer, the light transmission of one clear float glass sheet 4 mm thick coated with said layers being not less than 83%, the metal layer being selected such that the emissivity is not higher than 0.042.

Abstract: A transparent substrate carrying a coating stack which has undergone a bending or tempering type of heat treatment and a method of manufacturing this product, the coating stack comprising at least one metallic coating layer comprising silver or a silver alloy characterized in that before the said heat treatment, each metallic coating layer is in contact with two non-absorbent transparent dielectric coating layers, each comprising a sub-layer based on a partially oxidized combination of two metals. The product in accordance with the invention is intended for incorporation in a laminated glazing, particularly to form a vehicle windshield.

Abstract: The invention concerns a coloured soda-lime glass deep coloured with a green-to-blue shade. It contains 0.40 to 0.52 wt. % of FeO, present under illuminant A and for a glass thickness of 4 mm, a light transmittance (TLA4) less than 70%, a selectivity (SE4) higher than 1.65 and an ultraviolet radiation transmittance (TUV4) less than 8%. Said glass is particularly suited for lateral rear glazing and rear glazing for motor vehicles.

Abstract: The invention relates to glazings adapted for automotive vehicle roofs. The glazing according to the invention comprises: a first sheet of glass on the external face of the roof; a second sheet of glass at at least a portion of the internal surface arranged towards the interior; an intermediate sheet of one or more traditional thermoplastic materials used for forming laminated glazings, which extends at least over the surfaces of the sheet of glass which face each other; functional non-transparent elements arranged under the first sheet of glass; the transparent laminated portion having a luminous transmittance of less than 35 percent and an energy transmittance less than 20 percent.

Abstract: A transparent heat-swellable material, a method for its preparation and fire-resistant glazing panels in which it is incorporated, are provided by a mixture of hydrated alkali metal silicate and an additive selected from polyalcohols and mono-or polysaccharides, in which the additive content is in the range of 5 to 22% by weight, the water content is in the range of 12 to 19.5% by weight, and the hydrated alkali metal silicate has a silicon oxide (SiO2): alkali metal oxide molar ratio greater than 3.3 to 1. Glazing panels including the said material offer thermal insulation of greater than 30 minutes, a barrier to flames and fumes for greater than 90 minutes and thermal radiation of less than 10 kW/m2, or even of less than 6 kW/m2, after 90 minutes.

Abstract: A soda-lime glass which has a gray-green color, an excitation purity (P) of more than 7%, a light transmission of greater than 30% under Illuminant A and for a glass thickness of 4 mm, a selectivity (SE4) of greater than 1.55, and an ultraviolet radiation transmission (TUV4) of less than 10%, and which comprises soda-lime glass forming constituents as main constituents and coloring agents consisting essentially of, in weight %, more than 0.25 and less than 0.4% of FeO, from 0.9 to 1.8% of Fe2O3, from 0.001 to 0.010% of Co, from 0.0100 to 0.024% of Cr2O3, and from 0 to 0.2% of V2O5, in which the total quantity of iron is expressed as Fe2O3.

Abstract: A structural panel comprising one or a plurality of spaced sheet members has a frame around its edge. At least one body of material capable of screening the structural panel against fire is provided in the form of a chemically activated substance. The substance or substances are retained in an inoperative position in the vicinity of the structural panel and are released to an operative position in response to a predetermined rise of temperature wherein a body of material covers substantially one or more faces of the panel.