Invention Application
- Patent Title: Salt Bath Compositions and Methods for Regenerating Salt Bath Compositions
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Application No.: US17642432Application Date: 2020-09-10
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Publication No.: US20220348496A1Publication Date: 2022-11-03
- Inventor: David Eugene Baker , Albert Joseph Fahey , Qiang Fu , Yuhui Jin , Wei Sun , Ljerka Ukrainczyk , Shelby Kerin Wilson
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US NY CORNING
- Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY CORNING
- International Application: PCT/US2020/050084 WO 20200910
- Main IPC: C03C21/00
- IPC: C03C21/00

Abstract:
Methods for regenerating a salt bath composition include heating the salt bath composition to an ion exchange temperature to form a molten salt bath. The methods may further include contacting at least a portion of an ion-exchangeable article that includes lithium oxide (Li2O) with the molten salt bath. Lithium cations may diffuse from the ion-exchangeable article and into the molten salt bath. Additionally, the methods may include adding a first phosphate salt to the molten salt bath. A lithium phosphate salt that includes at least a portion of the lithium cations may be formed and precipitate from the molten salt bath. Furthermore, the methods may include adding a multivalent salt that includes a multivalent metal cation to the molten salt bath. A second phosphate salt that includes the multivalent metal cation may be formed and precipitate from the molten salt bath.
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