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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1992
Bruce G Aitken, Erwin, NY (US);
George H Beall, Big Flats, NY (US);
Candace J Quinn, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a fiberizable glass compositions consisting essentially, expressed in terms of mole percent on the oxide basis, of at least 65% total of 5-55% ZnO, 28-40% P.sub.2 O.sub.5, 0.3-5% MoO.sub.3 and 10-35% R.sub.2 O, wherein R.sub.2 O consists of at least two alkali metal oxides in the indicated proportions selected from the group consisting of 0-25% Li.sub.2 O, 0-25% Na.sub.2 O, and 0-25% K.sub.2 O, and up to 35% total of optional ingredients in the indicated proportions selected from the group consisting of 0-10% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-15% B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-15% Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 +B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0-15% Cu.sub.2 O, 0-25% Sb.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-5% F, 0-35% PbO, 0-35% SnO, 0-35% PbO+SnO, 0-5% ZrO.sub.2, 0-4% SiO.sub.2, 0-20% MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+MnO, 0-20% MgO, 0-20% CaO, 0-20% SrO, 0-20% BaO and 0-10% MnO, and 0-5% rare earth metal oxide.