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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2013
Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

John Christopher Mauro, Corning, NY (US);

Charlene Marie Smith, Corning, NY (US);

Donghui Zhao, Tonawanda, NY (US);

Assignee:

CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 21/002 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for chemically strengthening glass articles, e.g., glass sheets, are disclosed, in which computer-implemented techniques are employed to select the conditions, e.g., times, temperatures, and bath compositions and sizes, used in the chemical strengthening. The computer-implemented techniques can be applied to chemical-strengthening methods that employ more than one ion-diffusion treatment, e.g., more than one ion-exchange treatment or a combination of at least one ion-exchange treatment and at least one heat treatment. Through the use of the computer-implemented techniques, more precisely-controlled ion concentration profiles can be achieved in chemically-strengthened glass articles, which can improve the ultimate mechanical properties of the articles.


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