Methods for regenerating lithium-enriched salt baths

    公开(公告)号:US11161781B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16043442

    申请日:2018-07-24

    摘要: Methods for regenerating poisoned salt bath comprising providing a salt bath comprising at least one of KNO3 and NaNO3, providing an ion-exchangeable substrate comprising lithium cations, contacting at least a portion of the ion-exchangeable substrate with the salt bath, whereby lithium cations in the salt bath diffuse from the ion-exchangeable substrate and are dissolved in the salt bath, and selectively precipitating dissolved lithium cations from the salt bath using phosphate salt. The methods further include preventing or reducing the formation of surface defects in the ion-exchangeable substrate by preventing or reducing the formation of crystals on the surface of the ion-exchangeable substrate upon removal from the salt bath.

    Chemically strengthened lithium disilicate-petalite glass-ceramics

    公开(公告)号:US11104608B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16682143

    申请日:2019-11-13

    IPC分类号: C03C21/00 C03C10/00

    摘要: Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07 t to a depth of about 0.26 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18 t to about 0.25 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa√m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method.

    METHODS FOR REGENERATING LITHIUM-ENRICHED SALT BATHS

    公开(公告)号:US20200181011A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16786452

    申请日:2020-02-10

    摘要: Methods for regenerating poisoned salt bath comprising providing a salt bath comprising at least one of KNO3 and NaNO3, providing an ion-exchangeable substrate comprising lithium cations, contacting at least a portion of the ion-exchangeable substrate with the salt bath, whereby lithium cations in the salt bath diffuse from the ion-exchangeable substrate and are dissolved in the salt bath, and selectively precipitating dissolved lithium cations from the salt bath using phosphate salt. The methods further include preventing or reducing the formation of surface defects in the ion-exchangeable substrate by preventing or reducing the formation of crystals on the surface of the ion-exchangeable substrate upon removal from the salt bath.

    GLASS-BASED ARTICLES WITH SECTIONS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES

    公开(公告)号:US20190106353A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-11

    申请号:US16150816

    申请日:2018-10-03

    IPC分类号: C03C21/00

    摘要: Glass-based articles having sections of different thicknesses where a maximum central tension in a thinner section is less than that of a thicker section. The articles comprise an alkali metal oxide having a independent nonzero concentrations that vary along at least a portion of the thickness of each section. Consumer electronic products may comprise the glass-based articles having sections of different thicknesses.