Corning Glass Works

Michel Prassas

Jean E Boudot

Jean P Mazeau

Jean-Pierre Mazeau

This invention relates to the production of lightly tinted, photochromic glasses having base compositions consisting essentially, in weight percent, of

Lightly tinted glasses of variable transmission

This invention is directed to transparent photochromic glasses that can darken to a comfort range, i.e., between about 35-60%, or to a dark range, i.e., below 35%, depending upon glass composition, and will exhibit a faded transmittance after five minutes' removal from actinic radiation higher than 70%. The base compositions of the glasses consist essentially, in weight percent, of about

Fast fading photochromic glass

This invention is concerned with a glass for optical and/or ophthalmic applications having an index of refraction between about 1.78-1.82, an Abbe number greater or equal to 31, and a density less than about 3.80 g/cm.sup.3 consisting essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, of:

Optical and ophthalmic glasses

This invention relates to glasses especially suitable for optical and ophthalmic applications which exhibit densities less than about 2.65 g/cm.sup.3, refractive indices between about 1.595-1.607, and Abbe numbers between about 40-47, and which consist essentially, in weight percent on the oxide basis, of

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Avon, France

Michel Prassas