Abstract: A glazing set mounted on an automobile vehicle, containing a wind screen, front side windows, rear side windows and a rear window, wherein each of the rear side windows and the rear window contain a glazing pane containing a colored glass sheet having a thickness of from about 2 to 8 millimeters, the colored glass sheet have a composition containing, in part, Fe2O3, FeO, CoO, Se and Sr2O3 as colorants, the glasses having a total energy transmission factor which is less than the light transmission factor thereof.

Abstract: A colored glass composition, containing the following oxides within the following limits by weight:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 64 to 75% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 5% B.sub.2 O.sub.3 0 to 5% CaO 5 to 15% MgO 0 to 5% Na.sub.2 O 10 to 18% and K.sub.2 O 0 to 5% ______________________________________and as coloring agents: ______________________________________ Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 (total iron) 0.45 to 2.5% with FeO content representing from 16 to 55% ______________________________________of the total iron content expressed in the form of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 ______________________________________ CoO 0.001 to 0.02% Se 0 to 0.0009% ______________________________________wherein the glasses have a total energy transmission factor (T.sub.E) less than the light transmission factor under illuminant A (TL.sub.A), the factor T.sub.E being from 10 to 48% and the factor TL.sub.A from 20 to 60% for a thickness of 3.85 mm, the colored glass composition having an excitation purity equal to or less than 7.6%.

Abstract: The invention concerns compositions of coloured glasses intended for the manufacture of glazing panes suitable for mounting in an automobile vehicle. The panes are of silico-sodo-calcic glasses having a total energy transmission factor (T.sub.E) less than the light transmission factor under illuminant A (TL.sub.A), the factor T.sub.E being from 10 to 48% and the factor TL.sub.A from 20 to 60% for a thickness of 3.85 nm; these glasses comprise (in % by weight), as colouring agents, from 0.45 to 2.5% of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 (total iron), from 0.001 to 0.02% of CoO, from 0 to 0.0025% of Se and from 0 to 0.1% of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Abstract: The invention concerns compositions of colored glasses intended for the manufacture of glazing panes suitable for mounting in an automobile vehicle. The panes are of silico-sodo-calcic glasses having a total energy transmission factor (T.sub.E) less than the light transmission factor under illuminant A (TL.sub.A), the factor T.sub.E being from 10 to 48% and the factor TL.sub.A from 20 to 60 % for a thickness of 3.85 mm; these glasses comprise (in % by weight), as coloring agents, from 0.45 to 2.5% of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 (total iron), from 0.001 to 0.02% of CoO, from 0 to 0.0025% of Se and from 0 to 0.1% of Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3.

Abstract: The invention relates to a colored glass composition for producing glazings for use, e.g., as automobile sunroofs. The colored glass according to the invention is a soda-lime-silica glass comprising, as coloring agents, 1.4 to 4% iron oxide expressed as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 0 to 0.05% cobalt oxide, with the cobalt oxide exceeding about 0.02% when the Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 is below about 2% and, optionally, selenium and chromium oxide, whereby the sum of the CoO+Se+Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 is preferably less than about 0.24% by weight. The glass of the invention has a total light transmission factor under illuminant A equal to or below approximately 20% and a total energy transmission factor equal to or below approximately 12% for a thickness of 3.85 mm.

Abstract: Glass fibers are disclosed, the fibers being formed of a glass composition containing the following ingredients in the weight percentages indicated below:SiO.sub.2 : 25 to 54%Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 : 20 to 40%MgO: 24 to 40%ZrO.sub.2 : 1 to 5%P.sub.2 O.sub.5 : 0 to 10%TiO.sub.2 : 0 to 10%B.sub.2 O.sub.3 : 0 to 10%F: 0 to 5%Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 : 0 to 2%It is disclosed that the sum of 2MgO+Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 is equal at least to 70% of the composition. The use of such fibers in cementitious products is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns glass compositions capable of being attenuated in the form of fibers.These glass fibers comprise the following oxides in the percentages by weight: SiO.sub.2 :37 to 48%; Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 :17 to 25%; CaO:23 to 33%; MgO:0.1 to 7%; Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 :0.1 to 3%; Na.sub.2 O:2 to 8%; K.sub.2 O:0.1 to 7%, the sum of the percentages of earthalkaline oxides (CaO and MgO) being less than or equal to 34%, and the sum of the alkaline oxides (Na.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O) being greater than 5%.The invention is applicable to the manufacture of products subjected to elevated temperatures, for instance, products used for insulation purposes, even when such products may be subjected to a temperature as high as 700.degree. C.

Abstract: In the technique for fiberizing glass by the use of a centrifugal spinner delivering glass streams into an attenuating blast, a novel spinner construction is provided, and provision is also made for increasing the production, while also providing for the use of glass of lower cost, and at the same time, reducing environmental pollution. Glass compositions and spinner alloy compositions particularly suited for use in accordance with the invention, are also disclosed.

Abstract: In the technique for fiberizing glass by the use of a centrifugal spinner delivering glass streams into an attenuating blast, a novel spinner construction is provided, and provision is also made for increasing the production, while also providing for the use of glass of lower cost, and at the same time, reducing environmental pollution. Glass compositions and spinner alloy compositions particularly suited for use in accordance with the invention, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a colored glass composition for producing glazings for use, e.g., as automobile sunroofs. The colored glass according to the invention is a soda-lime-silica glass comprising, as coloring agents, 1.4 to 4% iron oxide expressed as Fe2O3 and 0 to 0.05 % cobalt oxide, with the cobalt oxide exceeding about 0.02% when the Fe2O3 is below about 2% and, optionally, selenium and chromium oxide, whereby the sum of the CoO+Se+Cr2O3 is preferably less than about 0.24% by weight. The glass of the invention has a total light transmission factor under illuminant A equal to or below approximately 20% and a total energy transmission factor equal to or below approximately 12% for a thickness of 3.85 mm.