GB2137981A - Optical Glass - Google Patents

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GB2137981A
GB2137981A GB08405441A GB8405441A GB2137981A GB 2137981 A GB2137981 A GB 2137981A GB 08405441 A GB08405441 A GB 08405441A GB 8405441 A GB8405441 A GB 8405441A GB 2137981 A GB2137981 A GB 2137981A
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Dr Ludwig Ross
Volkmar Geiler
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Optical glass with nd>/=1 .70, vd>/=48, having good stability to devitrification and good chemical resistance, has the following composition (in wt%): <IMAGE> Wherein M=Li, Na, K:A=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba. The glass may also comprise: <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION Optical Glass It is an object of the present invention to provide a range of compositions for an optical glass having a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.70 and an Abbe index of greater than or equal to 48, whose stability to devitrification is such that it is possible to produce large castings in high production numbers while meeting the customary optical quality requirements.
It has been proposed to introduce fluoride ions into glass, as described in DE-OS 27 56 160.
These glasses contain, however, more than 17% (by weight) Gd203 and the stability to dev-itrification is very low in these glasses. DE-AS 26 33 946 describes glasses containing fluoride which are composed on the basis of B203-La203-Y203; these glasses, however, need to contain Ta205 which is very expensive.
The glasses described in JP-OS 78 04 023 partly overlap the position range in the nd-vddiagram of the present application but these glasses by needs contain HfO2 in amounts ranging as high as 25% by weight. Although the glasses described in DE-OS 31 380 138 contains from 1 to 4% Fions, they differ from the present application by having a content pf W03 in amounts up to 20%.
A glass satisfying all requirements mentioned (good stability to devitrification, high refractive index with dispersion being as low as possible, absence of materials causing internal stresses in the glass such as Cd, Th) can be achieved using glass compositions according to the present invention.
According to the present invention there is provided an optical glass with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.70 and an Abbe index greater than or equal tp 48, having the following composition (in % by weight): SiO2 0.5-10 B203 15 -35 La2O3 35 -51 ZnO 0.51.0 ZrO2 2 - 8 F- 0.5- 5 M20 0 - 2.5 AO O - 4.5 wherein M20 is an alkali metal oxide or a mixture of alkali metal oxides, said alkali metal or metals being selected from Li, Na and K; AO is an alkaline earth metal oxide or mixture of alkaline earth metal oxides, said alkaline earth metal or metals being selected from Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; and SiO2+B203 falls in the range 20 43 weight %.
It is preferred that the optical glass of the present invention has the following composition: SiO2 1 - 8 B203 26 -35 Na2O 0.3- 1.5 K20 .0.2- 2 Li2O 0 - 1 ZnO 0.5- 6 CaO 0.5- 2 La2O3 39 -46 ZrO2 2 8 Y203 2 -12 Gd203 3 -12 F- 0.5- 5.
The M20 content may be 0.5 to 2.5 or 0.2 to 2 (in percent by weight). It is preferred that as further components the glass contains 0--1 weight % CeO2 and optionally SnO2 such that CeO2+SnO2 is 0-2 weight %. As another component, 0--3 weight % Nb205 may be included.
In the glass according to the present invention, 0.55% by weight of the oxygen ions are replaced by fluoride ions. The fluoride ions, in addition to retarding crystallization and improving the melting properties of the mixture, cause an improvement in the transmission and a shift of the absorption edge (border/boundary) toward shorter wavelengths. The fluoride ions may typically be introduced into the glass by means of LaF3, YF3, NaF or KF, for example.
The essential feature of the glasses of the present invention is that they are free from oxides of Cd and Th, which cause internal stresses and that 0.5 to 5% by weight of the amount of 02- ions have been replaced by F- ions. The glasses of the invention are characterized by good chemical stability and very good transmission in the visible region of the spectrum.
The glasses of the invention meet the requirement for good stability towards devitrification when produced according to the currently customary technical glass melting procedures and have refractive values of greater than or equal to 1.70 and Abbe indices of greater than or equal to 48, which clearly differentiates them from the alkali-free glasses described in the Japanese patent applications or patents 75 006 326; 760 175 70, 7804023, 31 830 138. The essential characteristic is that all these requirements have been met without any addition of any environmentally stressful oxides, such as CdO and ThO2. Good crystallization stability is obtained through specific quantities of SiO2, B203, ZnO, Zero2, Y203, Nb205 and Gd203, as well as balanced additions of M20-oxides, CeO2 (up to 0.5% by weight), SnO2 (up to 1.6% by weight).Additionally, it is possible to forego the utilization of very expensive raw materials such as Ta205 so that the glasses of the invention have a markedly lower cost component for raw materials than previously-known glasses (DE-OS 22 37 259 and JP--OS 50 14 712: which specify at least 2% by weight of Ta2O5).
The components used result in an excellent transmission (pure transmission at 400 nm and 25 mm layer thickness greater than or equal to 0.941 in the glasses of the present invention; which transmission cannot be obtained with known glasses containing, among other ingredients, TiO2 and/or PbO (DE-AS 2 652 747).
The Table below contains 12 examples of embodiments in the preferred composition range.
The glasses of the invention are produced as follows: The raw materials (oxides and preferably carbonates and fluorides) are weighed; a clarifying agent, such as As203, is added in quantities of 0.11% by weight, and then the mixture is mixed well.
The glass mixture is melted down in a Pt or ceramic crucible at about 1260-1 3000 C, is then purified and homogenized well by means of an agitator. At a casting temperature of 1090-1 2000 C, the glass is then processed to the desired dimensions.
Melting Example for 100 kg Calculated Glass Quantity Weighed Oxide % by weight Raw Material in (Kg) SiO2 3.90 powdered quartz 3.91 B203 34.40 H3BO3 60.94 Li20 0.40 Li2CO3 1.00 CaO 1.40 CaCO3 2.49 ZnO 5.40 ZnO 5.43 La2o3 45.80 La2O3 42.07 LaF3 4.03 ZrO2 7.00 7.02 Nb205 1.70 Nb2O5 1.70 129.49 As2O3 0.20 As203 0.20 clarifying agent mixture 129.69 The properties of this glass are listed in Example 6 in the Table below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SiO2 4.92 1.94 7.35 2.35 2.09 3.90 4.94 3.94 0.94 3.94 3.94 2.40 B2O3 34.00 32.00 27.00 31.00 31.64 34.40 29.21 34.06 32.40 29.20 27.71 30.60 Li2O 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.75 0.30 0.30 0.30 Na2O 0.24 1.14 K2O 1.50 CaO 0.20 1.40 1.40 1.51 1.40 1.40 0.25 ZnO 1.40 5.40 2.40 2.40 0.70 5.40 5.40 5.40 8.75 5.40 5.40 2.05 La2O3 42.30 50.31 39.00 43.23 39.24 45.80 44.00 42.50 48.61 44.00 44.00 45.50 Y2O3 7.00 7.63 7.63 11.90 2.00 2.00 3.00 5.30 Gd2O3 7.58 11.30 8.00 10.92 4.00 3.48 4.00 6.00 8.10 CeO2 0.25 SnO2 0.30 0.50 1.55 ZrO2 2.50 7.15 4.75 4.00 3.11 7.00 7.05 7.05 7.15 7.05 7.05 4.30 Nb2O5 2.50 1.70 1.20 1.20 1.85 1.20 1.20 As2O3 0.30 0.20 0.30 0.20 0.20 0.10 0.30 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 F- 1.60 1.80 1.20 1.60 1.50 1.20 1.60 1.20 0.85 1.20 4.15 0.50 nd 1.7287 1.7652 1.7490 1.7546 1.7548 1.7455 1.7515 1.7379 1.7590 1.7600 1.7585 1.7503 vd 55.78 48.9 51.70 52.15 52.49 50.54 50.20 51.0 49.5 48.5 50.2 50.46

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1. An optical glass with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.70 and an Abbe index greater than or equal to 48, having the following composition (in % by weight): SiO2 0.5-10 B2O3 15 -35 La2o3 35 -51 ZnO 0.5-10 ZrO2 2 - 8 F- 0.5- 5 M20 0 - 2.5 AO O - 4.5 wherein M20 is an alkali metal oxide or a mixture of alkali metal oxides, said alkali metal or metals being selected from Li, Na and K; AO is an alkaline earth metal oxide or mixture of alkaline earth metal oxides, said alkaline earth metal or metals being selected from Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; and SiO2+B203 falls in the range 20-43 weight %.
2. A glass as claimed in Claim 1 comprising (in % by weight): SiO2 1 - 8 B2O3 26 -35 Na2O 0.3- 1.5 K20 0.2- 2 Li2O 0 - 1 ZnO 0.5- 6 CaO 0.5- 2 La2O3 39 -46 ZrO2 2 - 8 Y203 2 -12 Gd203 3 -1.2 F- 0.5- 5.
wherein SiO2+B2O3 falls in the range 27-43 weight % and Na2O+K20+Li2Ofalls in the range 0.22.5 weight %.
3. A glass as claimed in claim 1 or 2; further containing 0.2 2 weight %M2O.
4. A glass as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further containing 0.5-2;5 weight % M2O.
5. A glass as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 containing 0-1 weight % CeO2.
6. A glass as claimed in any preceding claim further containing 0-0.5 weight % CeO2.
7. A glass as claimed in any preceding claim further containing 0-1.6 weight % SnO2.
8. A glass as claimed in any one of the preceding claims containing 0-3 weight % Nb2O5.:
9. A glass as clamied in any one of the preceding claims containing 0-2.1 weight % CeO2+SnO2.
10. A glass as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 containing 0-2 weight % CeO2+SnO2.
11. A glass as claimed in claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described in any one of Examples 1 to
12.
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