Patents Examined by Michael A. Marcheski
  • Strengthenable, high neodymium-containing glasses
    Patent number: 5077240
    Abstract: A strengthened high NdO.sub.3 -containing glass has the composition of, in weight percent______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 40-60 Nd.sub.2 O.sub.3 10-30 As.sub.2 O.sub.3 /Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-1 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 5.15 Na.sub.2 O 3-18 ZnO 0.1-10 Li.sub.2 O 0-3 K.sub.2 O 0-3 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-7 PbO 0-15 MgO 0-3 CaO 0-3 BaO 0-3 SrO 0-3 .SIGMA.V.sub.2 O.sub.5, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, Mn.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-7 Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, CoO, NiO, CuO TiO.sub.2 0-5 Pr.sub.6 O.sub.11 0-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Schott Glass Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuiko Hayden, David Krashkevich