METHOD OF THE HEAT CURING OF GLASS

• Main Authors: GROSS,RAYMOND P.,GB, SIMPKIN,GORDEN T.,GB
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.03.1982
• Edition: 3
• Subjects: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; GLASS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS

Glass is heated to a temperature above its strain point and is thermally toughened by chilling with a quiescent gas-filuidized particulate material which has gas-generating properties and a mean particle size in the range 30 mu m to 120 mu m, a particle size distribution in the range 1.15 to 2.78, a...