US4816049A
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Process of surface treating laser glass
Assignee: Hoya Corp
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Filing: 1986-07-14
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Granted: 1989-03-28
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Expires: 2006-07-14
Abstract
Abstract A process of surface-treating a laser glass is disclosed which comprises coating a specific sol solution obtained by hydrolysis and partial polycondensation of a mixture containing a metal alcoholate on the glass surface and heating the coated glass to form a glassy coating, wherein the glass surface may be treated, prior to the coating, with an alkali aqueous solution and with an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid in sequence, or the coating and the heating may repeated to form a double- or multilayer of the same or different kind of glassy coatings. The thus treated laser glass has increased thermal shock resistance and water resistance.
Inventors
- 👤 Chiemi Hata
- 👤 Kouichi Hara
- 👤 Tetsuro Izumitani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:56
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/22; C03C17/23; C03C17/25; C03C15/00; C03C15/02; C03C23/00; C03C2217/00; C03C2217/20; C03C2217/21; C03C2217/229; C03C2218/00; C03C2218/10; C03C2218/11; C03C2218/113
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A process of surface-treating a phosphate based laser glass for increasing water resistance and thermal shock resistance thereof, which comprises: leaching the surface of the laser glass with an alkali aqueous solution; etching the surface of the laser glass with an aq aqueous solution of phosphoric acid so as to remove 50 to 500 um thickness; coating the surface of the laser glass with a sol solution which is obtained by hydrolyzing and partially polycondensing a mixture comprising an organic solvent and a metal alcoholate represented by formula Me(OR) n wherein R represents a lower alkyl group, Me represents a metal element selected from the group consisting of Si, A1, Ti, and Zr, and n is the valence of the element one or more components selected from the group consisting of silica fine powder and an organometallic compound represented by formula R'Me(OR) n- 1wherein R' represents an organic group, with the addition of water acidified with an acid the mixing ratio by mol of the sol solution being metal alcoholate/organometallic compound/organic solvent/water/acid=1/0.01-1/1-40/1-20/0.01-1; and heating the coated glass to form a glass coating on the surface of the laser glass.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A process of surface-treating a phosphate based laser glass for increasing water resistance and thermal shock resistance thereof, which comprises: leaching the surface of the laser glass with an alkali aqueous solution; etching the surface of the laser glass with an aq aqueous solution of phosphoric acid so as to remove 50 to 500 um thickness; coating the surface of the laser glass with a sol solution which is obtained by hydrolyzing and partially polycondensing a mixture comprising an organic solvent and a metal alcoholate represented by formula Me(OR) n wherein R represents a lower alkyl group, Me represents a metal element selected from the group consisting of Si, A1, Ti, and Zr, and n is the valence of the element one or more components selected from the group consisting of silica fine powder and an organometallic compound represented by formula R'Me(OR) n- 1wherein R' represents an organic group, with the addition of water acidified with an acid the mixing ratio by mol of the sol solution being metal alcoholate/organometallic compound/organic solvent/water/acid=1/0.01-1/1-40/1-20/0.01-1; and heating the coated glass to form a glass coating on the surface of the laser glass.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
75 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the leaching is carried out using an aqueous solution of KOH or NaOH having a concentration of 5 to 40 wt % at 30° to 90° C. for 5 minutes to 4 hours, and the etching is carried out using an aqueous solution of H 3 PO 4 having a concentration of 10 to 100 wt % at 30° to 100° C. for 5 minutes to 5 hours.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the glassy coating is composed of an organic substance and an inorganic substance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process as in claim 3, wherein the heating is carried out in two stages that the coated glass is heated at a temperature of 250° to 400° C. for not less than 30 minutes in an atmosphere of oxygen in the first stage and further heated at a temperature of 350° to 500° C. for not less than 30 minutes in an atmosphere of inert gas in the second stage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein R is a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or a butyl group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group or a butyl group and R' is a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group and a phenyl group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the mixing ratio by mole of the sol solution is: metal alcoholate/organic solvent/water/acid=1/1-40/1-20/0.01-1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as in claim 7, wherein the sol solution further contains up to 5 moles of silica fine powder, per mole of the metal alcoholate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the sol solution further contains up to 5 moles of silica fine powder, per mole of the metal alcoholate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the coating and the heating are repeated to form a glassy coating in the form of double- or multilayer on the surface of the laser glass.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process as in claim 1, wherein the leaching and the etching are repeated.
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