Glaverbel

Glaverbel, S.a.

Glaverbel, Societe Anonyme

Camille Dupont

Daniel D'Hont

Andre Hecq

Christian Dauby

Marc Foguenne

Karel Van Baelen

Luc Van Cangh

Karel V Baelen

Paul Claes

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 Fe O , from 0.001 to 0.010% of Co, from 0.0100 to 0.024% of Cr O , and from 0 to 0.2% of V O , in which the total quantity of iron is expressed as Fe O .

Gray green soda-lime glass

Soda lime glass includes glass forming constituents for soda lime glass; and coloring agents including iron, cobalt, selenium and chromium express in the form indicated and in an amount as percent by weight of the soda lime glass as follows:

Dark grey soda-lime glass

Soda lime glass including glass-forming constituents for soda lime glass; and coloring agents including iron, cobalt and selenium present in a form and in an amount as percent by weight of the soda lime glass as follows:

Very dark grey soda-lime glass

Grey soda-lime glass is composed of main glass-forming constituents together with iron, selenium, cobalt and chromium as colouring agents in the following quantities:

Soda-lime grey glass

A method of producing dealkalized sheet glass in which sheet glass is dealkalized in stages. The method includes dealkalizing sheet glass in a first stage by exposing the sheet glass to contact with a first dealkalizing medium including at least one acid gas for a period of at least 1 minute while the sheet glass is at a temperature above 400.degree. C.; and further dealkalizing the sheet glass in a subsequent stage by exposing the sheet glass after the first stage to contact with a second dealkalizing medium including at least one acid gas for a period of at least 3 minutes while the sheet glass is at a temperature which is at least 50.degree. C. below one of the temperature of the sheet glass during the first stage and the minimum temperature of the sheet glass during the first stage, and ranges between 400.degree. C. and 250.degree. C.

Method of producing dealkalized sheet glass

Dealkalized sheet glass having a core region which is not dealkalized, having a pre-dealkalization bulk sodium ion concentration of at least 8%, calculated as weight percent sodium oxide in the sheet glass, which pre-dealkalization bulk sodium ion concentration continues to be maintained in the core region of the sheet glass, and having a surface which is dealkalized to a depth such that a sodium ion concentration gradient exists. The sodium ion depletion is maximum at the surface, the depth at which the sodium ion concentration is 90% of the pre-dealkalization bulk sodioum ion concentration is at least twice the depth at which the sodium ion concentration is 50% of the predealkalization bulk sodium ion concentration, and the sodium ion concentration at a depth of 50 nm is not more than 50% of the pre-dealkalization bulk sodium ion concentration. A long-lasting dealkalization is achieved because of a reduced tendancy to ionic migration due to the shape of said sodium ion concentration gradient.

Dealkalized sheet glass

A method of and apparatus for monitoring the redox state of one or more elements in glass are disclosed in which a working electrode 2 and an auxiliary electrode 7 are immersed in the glass 11 while the latter is molten. A scanning potential is applied to the working electrode, a series of potential pulses is superimposed on said scanning potential, and the resulting current between the electrodes is monitored to give an indication of the redox state of one or more elements in the glass.

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Heppignies, Belgium

Camille Dupont