MIRROR AND PROCESS FOR OBTAINING A MIRROR

• Main Authors: NGHIEM, BERNARD, SELLES, OLIVIER, ABBOTT, FABRICE, CORDIER, BRUNO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.04.2011
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GLASS; HEATING; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RANGES; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

The subject of the invention is a mirror, especially a front-face mirror and/or a mirror for concentrating solar energy, comprising a material, which mirror comprises a substrate coated with a multilayer comprising at least one silver layer and at least one protective layer located on top of said at least one silver layer, at least one protective layer being characterized in that at least one of its physicochemical characteristics varies with the distance from the substrate.