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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
William E. Horsfall, Corning, NY (US);
Ronald L. Stewart, Big Flats, NY (US);
William E. Horsfall, Corning, NY (US);
Ronald L. Stewart, Big Flats, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to glass, glass-ceramic materials, lamp reflectors and processes for making them. The glass material has a composition, by weight of the total composition, comprising 56–67% SiO; 9–22% AlO; 3.4–3.8% LiO; 1.8–2.6% ZnO; 1.5–2.5% MgO; 3.3–5% TiO; 0–2.5% ZrO; 1.5–3% BO; 0–6% PO; 0–0.6% F; less than 500 ppm Fe; and components resulting from effective amount of at least one refining agent. The glass-ceramic material of the present invention contains β-quartz solid solution as the predominant crystalline phase, and can be obtained by proper thermal treatment of the glass-ceramic material. The glass-ceramic material is particularly suitable for heat-resistant lamp reflectors which require a high surface smoothness Ra of lower than 75 nm, a low CTE between 25 and 300° C. of less than 10×10K, and IR transmission at about 1050 nm of over 80% at a thickness of 3 mm.