METHOD FOR FORMING GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES AND GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM

    公开(公告)号:US20210276913A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17049600

    申请日:2019-04-18

    Abstract: A process for making a glass-ceramic article includes annealing an as-formed glass article formed from a glass-ceramic composition at a first temperature for a duration sufficient to nucleate a plurality of nuclei within a vitreous matrix of the as-formed glass article and forming a post-nucleation glass article. The process also includes annealing the post-nucleation glass article at a second temperature for a duration sufficient to grow crystalline grains within the vitreous matrix of the post-nucleation glass article and forming a glass-ceramic article. The first temperature is less than a glass transition temperature for the glass-ceramic composition and the second temperature is greater than the glass transition temperature for the glass-ceramic composition.

    Methods of ceramming glass articles having improved warp

    公开(公告)号:US11613491B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16511443

    申请日:2019-07-15

    Abstract: Glass stack configurations including a carrier plate, setter plates, and glass sheets for thermal treatment of the glass sheets to form glass ceramic articles are provided. The glass stacking configurations and components described herein are selected to improve thermal uniformity throughout a glass stack during ceramming processes while maintaining or even reducing the stresses in the resultant glass ceramic article. Accordingly, the glass ceramic articles made according to the various embodiments described herein exhibit improved optical qualities and less warp than glass ceramic articles made according to conventional processes. Various embodiments of carrier plates, setter plates, parting agent compositions, and methods of stacking glass sheets are described.

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