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Rare earth-doped, stabilized cadmium halide glasses
Assignee: Corning Inc
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Filing: 1992-09-21
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Granted: 1993-08-31
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Expires: 2012-09-21
Abstract
Abstract This invention is directed to the production of transparent glasses exhibiting transmission far into the infrared regime of the radiation spectrum. The glasses consist essentially, in mole percent, of 42-55% CdF 2 and/or CdCl 2 , 2-15% BaF 2 and/or BaCl 2 , 30-40% NaF and/or NaCl, 2-7% KF and/or KCl, 1-12% total of at least one stabilizing metal halide selected from the group LiX, BeX 2 , MgX 2 , MnX 2 , PbX 2 , TlX, CoX 2 , and ZnX 2 , and 0.005-0.5% ReX 3 , wherein Re is at least one rare earth metal selected from the lanthanide series of rare earth metals and X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide.
Inventors
- 👤 Bruce G. Aitken
- 👤 Frank A. Annunziata
- 👤 Roger F. Bartholomew
- 👤 Mark A. Newhouse
- 👤 Mark L. Powley
- 👤 Andrea L. Sadd
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C4/00; C03C4/0071; C03C3/00; C03C3/32; C03C3/325; C03C4/10; H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/14; H01S3/16; H01S3/17; H01S3/1601; H01S3/1603; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S501/00; Y10S501/90; Y10S501/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A transparent glass exhibiting excellent transmission far into the infrared region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum consisting essentially, expressed in terms of mole percent, of 42-55% CdF 2 and/or CdCl 2 , 2-15% BaF 2 and/or BaCl 2 , 30∝40% NaF and/or NaCl, 2-7% KF and/or KCl, 1-12% total of at least one stabilizing metal halide in the indicated proportion selected from the group consisting of 0-10% LiX, 0-10% BeX 2 , 0-10 % MgX 2 , 0-10% MnX 2 , 0-12% PbX 2 , 0-10% CoX 2 , 0-7% TlX, and 0-10% ZnX 2 , wherein X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide, and 0.005-0.5% ReX 3 , wherein Re is at least one rare earth metal selected from the lanthanide series of rare earth metals and X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide, and wherein up to 10% total of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cd, Ba, Na, and K can be incorporated as a bromide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
A transparent glass exhibiting excellent transmission far into the infrared region of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum consisting essentially, expressed in terms of mole percent, of 42-55% CdF 2 and/or CdCl 2 , 2-15% BaF 2 and/or BaCl 2 , 30∝40% NaF and/or NaCl, 2-7% KF and/or KCl, 1-12% total of at least one stabilizing metal halide in the indicated proportion selected from the group consisting of 0-10% LiX, 0-10% BeX 2 , 0-10 % MgX 2 , 0-10% MnX 2 , 0-12% PbX 2 , 0-10% CoX 2 , 0-7% TlX, and 0-10% ZnX 2 , wherein X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide, and 0.005-0.5% ReX 3 , wherein Re is at least one rare earth metal selected from the lanthanide series of rare earth metals and X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide, and wherein up to 10% total of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cd, Ba, Na, and K can be incorporated as a bromide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A transparent glass according to claim 1 also containing up to 2.5% total of at least one metal halide in the indicated proportion selected from the group consisting of 0-1.5% AlX 3 , 0-1.5% GaX 3 , and 0-2% InX 3 , wherein X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
149 words
A transparent glass according to claim 1 consisting essentially of 44-52% CdF 2 and/or CdCl 2 , 4-11% BaF 2 and/or BaCl 2 , 30-35% NaF and/or NaCl, 2-6% KF and/or KCl, 1-5% total of at least one stabilizing metal halide selected from the group consisting of LiX, BeX 2 , MgX 2 , MnX 2 , CoX 2 , and ZnX 2 , wherein X is at least one halide selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide, up to 10% total of a lead halide selected from the group consisting of PbF 2 , PbCl 2 , and PbBr2, up to 5% total of a thallium halide selected from the group consisting of TlF, TlCl, and TlBr, and wherein up to 7% total of at lest one metal selected from the group consisting of Ca, Ba, Na, and K can be incorporated as a bromide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A transparent glass according to claim 3 also containing up to 2% total of at least one metal halide in the indicated proportions selected for the group consisting of 0-1% AlK 3 , 0-1% GaX 3 , and 0-1.5% InX 3 , wherein X is selected from the group consisting of fluoride, chloride, and bromide.
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