Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packaging material, an OLED device and a method for packaging the OLED device. The packaging material for a transparent device includes a primary ingredient including a rare earth metal oxide, zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide, and an adhesive for adhering the primary ingredient. The rare earth metal oxide has a primary adsorption wavelength within a wavelength range of infrared or ultraviolet light.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a color coating composition for an LED lamp diffuser using glass frits and a color-coated glass article using the same. The color coating composition is capable of increasing durability and a life of an LED lamp, satisfactorily maintaining an external appearance and a lighting quality thereof for a long time, and realizing various colors, by manufacturing a glass-made diffuser as a means for diffusing light of the LED lamp in a manner of coating the diffuser on various sheets of transparent or translucent glass such as tubes and bulbs so that the diffuser is not deformed and discolored due to light and heat, and has high strength and translucency.

Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device capable of suppressing a decrease in a light emission amount. A light-emitting device including a container member including a ceramic package provided with a depressed portion serving as a discharge space, and a light transmitting member which is attached to the ceramic package via a joining layer formed of a joining material so as to close the depressed portion; an inert gas encapsulated inside the discharge space; and a couple of discharge electrodes which are disposed in the depressed portion of the ceramic package so as to be spaced from each other, the joining material including glass exhibiting a white color, and oxide ceramic powder.

Abstract: The invention provides a low-cost high-precision molding optical glass, with density below 4.54 g/cm3, refractive index ranging from 1.85 to 1.95, Abbe number ranging from 25 to 35 and transition temperature lower than 610° C. Expensive Ta2O5 is not added in the invention, so the production cost is saved, and resource saving is realized; the combination of B2O3 and La2O3 effectively improves the devitrification resistance and the chemical stability of glass; the combination of WO3 and TiO2 allows the staining degree of the optical glass to be excellent; and the combination of Gd2O3 and La2O3 effectively improves the devitrification resistance of the glass.

Abstract: The invention provides a kind of high-precision molding optical glass, comprising 0.1-10 wt % of SiO2, 9-20 wt % of B2O3, 20-35 wt % of La2O3, 1-8 wt % of ZrO2, 5-20 wt % of ZnO, 1-10 wt % of Ta2O5, 5-15 wt % of Gd2O3, 0-2 wt % of TiO2, 1-10 wt % of Y2O3, 1-12 wt % of WO3, 0-3 wt % of Li2O and 0-1 wt % of Sb2O3. The optical glass provided in the invention features density less than 5.0 g/cm3, refractive index between 1.80 and 1.85, Abbe number between 40 and 45, transition temperature lower than 600° C., wavelength ?80 corresponding to the transmissivity of 80% below 415 nm, and upper limit of devitrification temperature below 1110° C., and is applicable to high-precision molding.

Abstract: An optical Glass characterized by comprising, denoted as molar percentages: B2O5—5 to 45 percent; SiO2—0 to 6 percent (excluding 6 percent); Li2O, Na2O, K2O in total—0 to 3 percent; ZnO—10 to 40 percent; La2O3. 5 to 30 percent; Gd2O3—1 to 20 percent; and ZrO2, TaO2, TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 in total—2.5 to 20 percent. The cation ratio of the Ti4+ content relative to the total content of Zr4+, Ta5+, Ti4+, Nb5+, W6+, and Bi3+ is 0.30 or lower; in that the temperature Tp at which a viscosity of 107.2 dPa·s is exhibited is 706° C. or lower. The refractive index nd and the Abbé number v(nu)d satisfy all of the following relations (I) to (IV): 34.0?vd<40 (I); nd?1.87 (II); nd?2.245?0.01×vd (III) and nd?2.28?0.01×vd (IV).

Abstract: The invention provides an optical glass for press molding which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having an excellent visible light transmittance; and (5) it has excellent resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass for press molding has a refractive index nd of 1.925 or more, an Abbe's number ?d of 10 to 30, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 20 to 80% Bi2O3, 10 to 30% B2O3, and 0 to 5.5% GeO2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, and F component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass including, in terms of mass % on the basis of oxides, B2O3: 10% to 20%, SiO2: 0.5% to 12%, ZnO: 5% to 19%, Ta2O5: 3% to 17%, Li2O: 0.2% to 3%, ZrO2: 0.6% to 4.9%, WO3: 6.1% to 20%, La2O3: 32.5% to 50%, and Y2O3: 0.2% or more and less than 1.5%, in which a mass fraction (La2O3/Y2O3) of a content of La2O3 to a content of Y2O3 in terms of mass % is 40 or higher, and the optical glass has optical constants of a refractive index nd of 1.83 to 1.88 and an Abbe's number ?d of 39 to 42.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to optical glass, which is oxide glass comprising various cationic components in prescribed amounts without Pb, with a refractive index nd of 1.750 to 1.850, an Abbé number ?d of 29.0 to 40.0, and a glass transition temperature of less than 630° C.

Abstract: A high-refractivity low-dispersion optical glass of which the Ta2O5 content is suppressed is provided, the optical glass comprising, by mass %, 1 to 30% of B2O3, 0.1 to 20% of SiO2, 55 to 75% of a total of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3 and Yb2O3, the content of La2O3 being 15 to 55%, the mass ratio of the content of Gd2O3 to the total content of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3 and Yb2O3, Gd2O3/La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3+Yb2O3), being 0.17 to 0.65, 0 to 13% of Ta2O5 (exclusive of 13%), and 0 to 25% of a total of Nb2O5, TiO2, WO3 and ZrO2, the content of Nb2O5 being less than 10%, and having a refractive index nd of 1.83 to 1.92 and an Abbe's number ?d of 36 to 45.

Abstract: Provided is an optical glass which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having a superior visible light transmittance; and (5) it has superior resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass has a refractive index nd of 2.0 or more, an Abbe's number ?d of 20 or less, a glass transition point of 450° C. or below, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 70 to 90% Bi2O2, 4 to 29.9% B2O2, 0.1 to 10% Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and 0 to 2.5% SiO2+Al2O2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, F component, TeO2, and GeO2.

Abstract: An optical glass including B3+, La3+ and Nb5+ as cationic components constituting the glass, wherein the optical glass satisfies the following expressions represented in cation percentages: 10 cat. %?B3+?50 cat. %; 40 cat. %?La3+?65 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Nb5+?40 cat. %; 80 cat. %?(total amount of B3++La3++Nb5+)?100 cat. %; and 0 cat. %?Si4+?10 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Ge4+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Mg2+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Ba2+?10 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Ca2+?10 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Sr2+?10 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Zn2+?20 cat. %; 0 cat. %?W6+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Zr4+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Ti4+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Bi3+?5 cat. %; 0 cat. %?Ta5+?10 cat. %; 0 cat. %?(total amount of Y3++Gd3+)?20 cat. %; and 0 cat. %?(total amount of Yb3++Lu3+)?10 cat. %.

Abstract: An optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.70 or greater and an Abbé number of 50 or greater. Given as mole percentages, it comprises: B2O3 (20 to 80 percent), SiO2 (0 to 30 percent), Li2O (1 to 25 percent), ZnO (0 to 20 percent), La2O3 (4 to 30 percent), Gd2O3 (1 to 25 percent), Y2O3 (0 to 20 percent), ZrO2 (0 to 5 percent), MgO (0 to 25 percent), CaO (0 to 15 percent), and SrO (0 to 10 percent), with the combined quantity of the above components being 97 percent or greater. The molar ratio of {ZnO/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less and the molar ratio of {(CaO+SrO+BaO)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less. Ta2O5 may be incorporated as an optional component, with the molar ratio {(ZrO2+Ta2O5)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} being 0.4 or less.

Abstract: An optical glass having high-refractivity and low-dispersion properties and containing, by mol %, 0.1 to 40% of SiO2, 10 to 50% of B2O3, wherein the mass ratio of the content of SiO2 to the content of B2O3, SiO2/B2O3, is 1 or less, 0.5 to 22% of ZnO, 5 to 50% of La2O3, and optionally other ingredients. The optical glass has a refractive index nd of 1.86 to 1.95 and an Abbe's number ?d of (2.36?nd)/0.014 or more but less than 38, and a glass transition temperature of equal to or greater than 640° C.

Abstract: An optical glass that is an oxide glass having a very high refractive index in spite of its low-dispersion property, having excellent glass stability and having less susceptibility to coloring.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical glass for press molding which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having an excellent visible light transmittance; and (5) it has excellent resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass for press molding has a refractive index nd of 1.925 or more, an Abbe's number ?d of 10 to 30, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 20 to 80% Bi2O3, 10 to 30% B2O3, and 0 to 5.5% GeO2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, and F component.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical glass for press molding which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having an excellent visible light transmittance; and (5) it has excellent resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass for press molding has a refractive index nd of 1.925 or more, an Abbe's number ?d of 10 to 30, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 20 to 80% Bi2O3, 10 to 30% B2O3, and 0 to 5.5% GeO2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, and F component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.86 or higher and an Abbé number v(nu)d of 28 to 36; a preform for precision press molding and an optical element that are comprised of this glass; and a method for manufacturing the optical element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass with a refractive index nd of 1.89 or higher and an Abbé number v(nu)d of 28 to 36; a preform for precision press molding and an optical element that are comprised of this glass; and a method for manufacturing the optical element.

Abstract: An optical glass comprising, by mass %, 12 to 30% of total of B2O3 and SiO2, 55 to 80% of total of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3, Yb2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5 and WO3, 2 to 10% of ZrO2, 0 to 15% of Nb2O5, 0 to 15% of ZnO and 0% or more but less than 13% of Ta2O5, wherein the ratio of the content of Ta2O5 to the total content of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3, Yb2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5 and WO3 is 0.23 or less, the ratio of the total content of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3 and Yb2O3 to the total content of B2O3 and SiO2 is from 2 to 4, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.86 or more and an Abbe's number ?d of 38 or more, and a rod-shaped glass shaped material and an optical element formed of the above optical glass each.

Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] To provide a high-refractivity low-dispersion optical glass that enables the stable production of high-quality optical elements. [Means to Solve the Problems] An optical glass comprising, as essential components, 20 to 50% of B3+, 5 to 35% of La3+, 1 to 30% of Nb5+, 0.5 to 15% of Ta5+, and 11 to 40% of Zn2+, the total content of B3+ and Si4+ being 20 to 50%, the total content of La3+, Gd3+ and Y3+ being 5 to 35%, the cationic ratio of ((B3++Si4+)/(La3++Gd3++Y3+)) being from 1 to 5, the total content of Ti4+, Nb5+, Ta5+ and W6+ being 10 to 35%, the cationic ratio of ((Nb5++Ta5+)/(Ti4++Nb5++Ta5++W6+)) being from 0.7 to 1, the cationic ratio of ((B3++Si4+)/(Ti4++Nb5++Ta5++W6+)) being from 0.5 to 4, the cationic ratio of ((La3++Gd3++Y3+)/(Ti4++Nb5++Ta5++W6+)) being from 0.2 to 3, the cationic ratio of Zn2+/Zn2++Mg2++Ca2++Sr2++Ba2+) being from 0.8 to 1, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.89 or more and an Abbe's number ?d of 27 to 37.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass with a high refractive index and good precision press moldability, and a preform for precision press molding and an optical element that are comprised of the optical glass. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing an optical element, a lens unit being equipped with an optical element and an image pickup device being equipped with a lens unit.

Abstract: A glass composition for electrode formation includes, as a glass composition expressed in terms of oxides by mass %, 73.1 to 90% of Bi2O3, 2 to 14.5% of B2O3, 0 to 25% of ZnO, 0.2 to 20% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO (total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO), and 0 to 8.5% of Si02+Al2O3 (total content of SiO2 and Al2O3).

Abstract: The invention provides a novel optical glass which has a refractive index (nd) of 1.78 to 2.2 and an Abbe value (?d) of 16 to less than 40 and is suitable for precision mold press molding by virtue of its having a low glass transition temperature, namely, an optical glass which contains by mole in terms of oxides 25 to 60% B2O3, 2 to 45% (in total) TiO2 and Nb2O5 and 1 to 25% WO3 and has a refractive index (nd) of 1.78 to 2.2 and an Abbe value (?d) of 16 to less than 40. Further, the glass contains 5 to 35% La2O3 and 1 to 40% ZnO and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 700° C. or below. The optical glass is excellent in meltability, stability and devitrification resistance and has a high refractive index, high light-dispersive power and excellent precision press moldability.

Abstract: There is provided a glass composition having a devitrification temperature of 1000° C. or below, a glass transformation temperature (Tg) of 535° C. or below and a specific gravity within a range from 3 to 4. The glass composition has a refractive index (nd) within a range from 1.60 to 1.75 and an Abbe number (?d) within a range from 50 to 60.

Abstract: The optical glass has a refractive index nd of 1.945?nd?1.97, an Abbe number ?d of 33??d?36, and a composition with the following components in amounts expressed in % of their cations, with respect to the total number of cations in the composition: B3+, 35-46; La3+, 25-35; Ta5+, 6-14; W6+, 6-13; Zr4+, 1-7; Gd3+, 0-5; Nb5+, 0-4; Y+3, 0-4; Ba2+, 0-2; ? alkaline earth metal cations, 0-2, ? La3++Ta3++W6++Zr4++Gd3++Nb5++Y3+?50; and at least one fining agent, 0-0.3. Also a ratio of B3+ to La+3 is 1.1 to 1.6 and a ratio of B3+ to ? Si+4+B3+ is ?0.5. The glass is free of lead, arsenic, Ti4+, Th4+, Zn2+, F?, and Hf+4.

Abstract: Provided is a glass for electrode formation, comprising, as a glass composition in terms of mass %, 65.2 to 90% of Bi2O3, 0 to 5.4% of B2O3, and 0.1 to 34.5% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO+CuO+Fe2O3+Nd2O3+CeO2+Sb2O3 (total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, ZnO, CuO, Fe2O3, Nd2O3, CeO2, and Sb2O3).

Abstract: An optical glass comprising, by mol %, 0.1 to 40% of SiO2, 10 to 50% of B2O3, 0 to 10% of total of Li2O, Na2O and K2O, 0 to 10% of total of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO, 0.5 to 22% of ZnO, 5 to 50% of La2O3, 0.1 to 25% of Gd2O3, 0.1 to 20% of Y2O3, 0 to 20% of Yb2O3, 0 to 25% of ZrO2, 0 to 25% of TiO2, 0 to 20% of Nb2O5, 0 to 10% of Ta2O5, over 0.1% but not more than 20% of WO3, 0 to less than 3% of GeO2, 0 to 10% of Bi2O3, and 0 to 10% of Al2O3, the mass ratio of the content of SiO2 to the content of B2O3, SiO2/B2O3, being 1 or less, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.86 to 1.95 and an Abbe's number ?d of (2.36?nd)/0.014 or more but less than 38.

Abstract: Provided is an optical glass which can satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) it contains no environmentally undesirable components; (2) it can easily achieve a low glass transition point; (3) it has a high refractive index and high dispersion; (4) it can easily provide a glass having a superior visible light transmittance; and (5) it has superior resistance to devitrification during preparation of a preform. The optical glass has a refractive index nd of 2.0 or more, an Abbe's number vd of 20 or less, a glass transition point of 450° C. or below, and a glass composition, in % by mass, of 70 to 90% Bi2O2, 4 to 29.9% B2O2, 0.1 to 10% Li2O+Na2O+K2O, and 0 to 2.5% SiO2+Al2O2 and is substantially free of lead component, arsenic component, F component, TeO2, and GeO2.

Abstract: An optical glass that is an oxide glass having a very high refractive index in spite of its low-dispersion property, having excellent glass stability and having less susceptibility to coloring.

Abstract: An optical Glass characterized by comprising, denoted as molar percentages: B2O5—5 to 45 percent; SiO2—0 to 6 percent (excluding 6 percent); Li2O, Na2O, K2O in total—0 to 3 percent; ZnO—10 to 40 percent; La2O3. 5 to 30 percent; Gd2O3—1 to 20 percent; and ZrO2, TaO2, TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 in total—2.5 to 20 percent. The cation ratio of the Ti4+ content relative to the total content of Zr4+, Ta5+, Ti4+, Nb5+, W6+, and Bi3+ is 0.30 or lower; in that the temperature Tp at which a viscosity of 107.2 dPa·s is exhibited is 706° C. or lower. The refractive index nd and the Abbé number v(nu)d satisfy all of the following relations (I) to (IV): 34.0?vd<40 (I); nd?1.87 (II); nd?2.245?0.01×vd (III) and nd?2.28?0.01×vd (IV).

Abstract: The lead-free and arsenic-free optical glasses have a refractive index of 1.83?nd?1.95 and an Abbé number of 24??d?35, good chemical resistance, excellent crystallization stability and a composition, in wt. % based on oxide content, of SiO2, 2-8; B2O3, 15-22; La2O3, 35-42; ZnO, 10-18; TiO2, 9-15; ZrO2, 3-10; Nb2O5, 4-10; and WO3, >0.5-3. Besides containing at most 5 wt. % of each of GeO2, Ag2O and BaO and conventional fining agents, they may also contain at most in total 5 wt. % of Al2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO, P2O5 and up to at most in total 5 wt. % of the components F, Ta2O5. The glasses are preferably free of alkali metal oxides, Bi2O3, Y2O3, Gd2O3 and/or Yb2O3. Optical elements made from the optical glass are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass containing, in terms of mass % on the basis of oxides, B2O3: 10 to 20%, SiO2: 0.5 to 12%, ZnO: 5 to 19%, Ta2O5: 2.5 to 17%, Li2O: 0.2 to 3%, ZrO2: 0.6 to 4.9%, WO3: 1 to 20%, La2O3: 25 to 50%, Gd2O3: 0 to 13%, and Y2O3: 0.2 to 20%, provided that La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3 is 35 to 60%, in which the optical glass does not substantially contain Nb2O5, and has a refractive index (nd) of 1.82 to 1.86, an Abbe's number (?d) of 37 to 44 and a glass transition point (Tg) of 630° C. or lower.

Abstract: An optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.70 or greater and an Abbé number of 50 or greater. Given as mole percentages, it comprises: B2O3 (20 to 80 percent), SiO2 (0 to 30 percent), Li2O (1 to 25 percent), ZnO (0 to 20 percent), La2O3 (4 to 30 percent), Gd2O3 (1 to 25 percent), Y2O3 (0 to 20 percent), ZrO2 (0 to 5 percent), MgO (0 to 25 percent), CaO (0 to 15 percent), and SrO (0 to 10 percent), with the combined quantity of the above components being 97 percent or greater. The molar ratio of {ZnO/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less and the molar ratio of {(CaO+SrO+BaO)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less. Ta2O5 may be incorporated as an optional component, with the molar ratio {(ZrO2+Ta2O5)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} being 0.4 or less.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an optical glass for precision press having optical properties of a high refractive index and a low dispersion property and having a low molding temperature, a high devitrification resistance, an excellent molding property, and a small specific gravity. The optical glass of the invention contains, in terms of % by mass on the basis of oxides, respective components of B2O3: 10 to 20%, SiO2: 0.5 to 12%, La2O3: 25 to 50%, Gd2O3: 0 to 20%, Y2O3: 0 to 20%, provided that La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3: 35 to 60%, ZnO: 5 to 20%, Li2O: 0.2 to 3%, ZrO2: 0 to 0.5%, Ta2O5: 3 to 18% and WO3: 3 to 20%, and has optical constants of a refractive index nd of 1.84 to 1.86 and an Abbe number vd of 37 to 42 and a glass transition point (Tg) of 630° C. or lower.

Abstract: A lens formed of a high-refractivity low-dispersion glass and free of fogging and scorching on its optical-function surface, which is obtained by precision press-molding of an optical glass having a refractive index (nd) of over 1.83, an Abbe's number (?d) of 40 or more and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 640° C. or lower and containing no Li2O and has one form of a meniscus form, a biconcave form or a plano-concave form.

Abstract: An optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.70 or greater and an Abbé number of 50 or greater. Given as mole percentages, it comprises: B2O3 (20 to 80 percent), SiO2 (0 to 30 percent), Li2O (1 to 25 percent), ZnO (0 to 20 percent), La2O3 (4 to 30 percent), Gd2O3 (1 to 25 percent), Y2O3 (0 to 20 percent), ZrO2 (0 to 5 percent), MgO (0 to 25 percent), CaO (0 to 15 percent), and SrO (0 to 10 percent), with the combined quantity of the above components being 97 percent or greater. The molar ratio of {ZnO/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less and the molar ratio of {(CaO+SrO+BaO)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less. Ta2O5 may be incorporated as an optional component, with the molar ratio {(ZrO2+Ta2O5)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} being 0.4 or less.

Abstract: An optical Glass characterized by comprising, denoted as molar percentages: B2O5—5 to 45 percent; SiO2—0 to 6 percent (excluding 6 percent); Li2O, Na2O, K2O in total—0 to 3 percent; ZnO—10 to 40 percent; La2O3—5 to 30 percent; Gd2O3—1 to 20 percent; and ZrO2, TaO2, TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 in total—2.5 to 20 percent. The cation ratio of the Ti4+ content relative to the total content of Zr4+, Ta5+, Ti4+, Nb5+, W6+, and Bi3+ is 0.30 or lower; in that the temperature Tp at which a viscosity of 107.2 dPa·s is exhibited is 706° C. or lower. The refractive index nd and the Abbé number v(nu)d satisfy all of the following relations (I) to (IV): 34.0?vd<40 (I); nd?1.87 (II); nd?2.245?0.01×vd (III) and nd?2.28?0.01×vd (IV).

Abstract: An optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.70 or greater and an Abbé number of 50 or greater. Given as mole percentages, it comprises: B2O3 (20 to 80 percent), SiO2 (0 to 30 percent), Li2O (1 to 25 percent), ZnO (0 to 20 percent), La2O3 (4 to 30 percent), Gd2O3 (1 to 25 percent), Y2O3 (0 to 20 percent), ZrO2 (0 to 5 percent), MgO (0 to 25 percent), CaO (0 to 15 percent), and SrO (0 to 10 percent), with the combined quantity of the above components being 97 percent or greater. The molar ratio of {ZnO/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less and the molar ratio of {(CaO+SrO+BaO)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} is 0.8 or less. Ta2O5 may be incorporated as an optional component, with the molar ratio {(ZrO2+Ta2O5)/(La2O3+Gd2O3+Y2O3)} being 0.4 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical glass with a high refractive index and good precision press moldability, and a preform for precision press molding and an optical element that are comprised of the optical glass. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing an optical element, a lens unit being equipped with an optical element and an image pickup device being equipped with a lens unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of compositions comprising materials satisfying the general formula AM1?xM?xM?yO3+y are disclosed, along with methods of making the materials and compositions. In some embodiments, M and M? are +3 cations, at least a portion of the M cations and the M? cations are bound to oxygen in trigonal bipyramidal coordination, and the material is chromophoric. In some embodiments, the material forms a crystal structure having a hexagonal unit cell wherein edge a has a length of 3.50-3.70 ? and edge c has a length of 10-13 ?. In other embodiments, edge a has a length of 5.5-7.0 ?. In particular embodiments, M? is Mn, and Mn is bonded to oxygen with an apical Mn—O bond length of 1.80 ? to 1.95 ?. In some embodiments, the material is YIn1?xMnxO3, x is greater than 0.0 and less than 0.75, and the material exhibits a surprisingly intense blue color.

Abstract: An optical glass is provided that includes a refractive index (nd) of no less than 1.75 and an Abbe number (vd) of no less than 10 as optical constants. A Bi2O3 content is no less than 10% by weight to no more than 80% by weight. The content of SiO2 is lower than the content of B2O3. The total content of SiO2+B2O3 is from no less than 1% by weight to no more than 60% by weight. The content of RO is from no less than 0.1% by weight to no more than 50% by weight. R represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zn, Ba, Sr, Ca, and Mg. The optical glass has at least one of the properties of being substantially free from opacification and/or being substantially devitrified within the glass body under the conditions of a reheating testing.

Abstract: Zirconium-containing BaO- and PbO-free X-ray opaque glasses having a refractive index nd of about 1.57 to about 1.61 and a high X-ray opacity with an aluminum equivalent thickness of at least about 400% are provided. Such glasses are based on a SiO2—Al2O3—La2O3—ZrO2—Cs2O system with additions of Li2O, Na2O, ZnO and/or Ta2O5. Such glasses may be used, in particular, as dental glasses or as optical glasses.

Abstract: An optical class comprising, by mass %, 12 to 30% of total of B2O3 and SiO2, 55 to 80% of total of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5 and WO3, 2 to 10% of ZrO2, 0 to 15% of Nb2O5, 0 to 15% of ZnO and 0% or more but less than 13% of Ta2O5, wherein the ratio of the content of Ta2O5 to the total content of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3, Yb2O3, ZrO2, Nb2O5 and WO3 is 0.23 or less, the ratio of the total content of La2O3, Gd2O3, Y2O3 and Yb2O3 to the total content of B2O3 and SiO2 is from 2 to 4, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.86 or more and an Abbe's number ?d of 38 or more, and a rod shaped glass shaped material and an optical element formed of the above optical glass each.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sensitive glass for use in a pH-sensitive glass electrode, which comprises at least Me2O3 (Me represents a lanthanoid) and further comprises Y2O3 or Sc2O3 in an amount smaller than that of the Me2O3. Also disclosed is a sensitive glass for use in a cation-sensitive glass electrode, which comprises at least Y2O3 or Sc2O3.

Abstract: An optical glass composition contains, in % by mole, 0% or more and 25.0% or less of SiO2, 20.0% or more and 40.0% or less of B2O3, 0% or more and 5.0% or less of Li2O, 3.0% or more and 15.0% or less of ZnO, 0% or more and 10.0% or less of ZrO2, 2.0% or more and 7.0% or less of Ta2O5, 6.0% or more and 25.0% or less of La2O3, 5.0% or more and 22.0% or less of Gd2O3, 66.5% or less of La2O3+Gd2O3+B2O3 and 26.0% or more of La2O3+Gd2O3, and has nd of 1.83 or higher and 1.86 or lower, vd of 43 or higher and 46 or lower and a liquidus temperature of 1300° C. or lower, and a preform and an optical element are formed from the optical glass composition.

Abstract: A high-refractive index, low-dispersion optical glass which is small in a change of imaging properties due to a change in temperature of the use environment, specifically one capable of realizing an absolute value of multiplication (?×?) of an average coefficient of linear expansion (?) at from ?30 to +70° C. and a photoelastic constant (?) at a wavelength of 546.1 nm of not more than 130×10?12° C.?1×nm×cm?1×Pa?1, is manufactured without using large qualities of components which are high in an environmental load and scarce mineral resources. The optical glass of the invention has an absolute value of multiplication (?×?) of an average coefficient of linear expansion (?) at from ?30 to +70° C. and a photoelastic constant (?) at a wavelength of 546.1 nm of not more than 130×10?12° C.?1×nm×cm?1×Pa?1; and contains more than 0% of SiO2, B2O3 and La2O3, more than 13% and less than 20% of (ZrO2+Nb2O5) and less than 2.0% of ZnO in terms of % by mass on the oxide basis.

Abstract: Provided is an optical glass having optical constants, a refractive index (nd) of more than 1.9 and an Abbe number (?d) of not more than 38, having a small partial dispersion ratio and capable of being produced from inexpensive materials. The optical glass has a partial dispersion ratio (?g, F) of at most 0.615, and contains, as indispensable ingredients, B2O3, La2O3, TiO2, Nb2O5 and Ta2O5, wherein the ratio, as % by mass, of TiO2/Nb2O5 is at most 0.26 and GeO2/Nb2O5 is at most 0.38. The optical glass contains, in terms of % by mass, the following ingredients: B2O3 ??5 to 22%, La2O3 ??15 to 50%, TiO2 0.01 to 15%, Nb2O5 ??5 to 40%, and Ta2O5 ?0.1 to 25%, and SiO2 0 to 10% and/or GeO2 0 to 10% and/or Al2O3 0 to 10% and/or Gd2O3 0 to 16% and/or ZrO2 0 to 15% and/or WO3 0 to 22% and/or Sb2O3 0 to 1%.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel optical glass which has a refractive index (nd) of 1.78 to 2.2 and an Abbe value (?d) of 16 to less than 40 and is suitable for precision mold press molding by virtue of its having a low glass transition temperature, namely, an optical glass which contains by mole in terms of oxides 25 to 60% B2O3, 2 to 45% (in total) TiO2 and Nb2O5 and 1 to 25% WO3 and has a refractive index (nd) of 1.78 to 2.2 and an Abbe value (?d) of 16 to less than 40. Further, the glass contains 5 to 35% La2O3 and 1 to 40% ZnO and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 700° C. or below. The optical glass is excellent in meltability, stability and devitrification resistance and has a high refractive index, high light-dispersive power and excellent precision press moldability.

Abstract: An optical glass having refractive index (nd) exceeding 1.85, Abbe number (?d) of 36 or over, comprising SiO2, B2O3, La2O3, Gd2O3, Ta2O5 and Li2O as essential components, being free of Pb and As components, and having glass transition temperature (Tg) of 630° C. or below.