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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2008
Kunihiko Tani, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Suetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Naoko Kaga, Osaka, JP;
Maki Tanigawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Morihara, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Shinohara, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Einishi, Osaka, JP;
Kohei Kadono, Kyoto, JP;
Kunihiko Tani, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Suetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Naoko Kaga, Osaka, JP;
Maki Tanigawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Morihara, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Kiyoshi Shinohara, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Einishi, Osaka, JP;
Kohei Kadono, Kyoto, JP;
Isuzu Glass Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to use chalcogenide glass to produce an infrared transmitting glass that is more suitable for mold-forming than the conventional glasses. Specifically, the invention provides an infrared transmitting glass for mold forming which contains, in molar concentrations, 2-22% of Ge, 6-34% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb and Bi, 1-20% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn and Zn and 58-70% of at least one element chosen from the group comprising S, Se and Te.