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Title:
NATURAL MARBLE LIKE CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/135049
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The invention provides a natural marble like crystallized glass which is improved in whiteness and has an unprecedented color tone and a process for the production of the same. The natural marble like crystallized glass is characterized in that the surface of the crystallized glass exhibits, in the L*a*b* color model, values of a* and b* of ±1.0 or below and a whiteness degree L* of 93.5 or above, while the process comprises packing plural small crystallizable glass pieces into a refractory vessel, heat-treating the pieces at a temperature higher than the softening point to form 20 to 50 % by mass of crystals, and thus obtaining a nature marble like crystallized glass exhibiting, in the L*a*b* color model, values of a* and b* of ±1.0 or below and a whiteness degree L* of 93.5 or above.

Inventors:
HASHIBE YOSHIO (JP)
SAWADA MASAHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/312135
Publication Date:
December 21, 2006
Filing Date:
June 16, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO (JP)
HASHIBE YOSHIO (JP)
SAWADA MASAHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
C03C10/04; C03B32/02
Foreign References:
JPH09295831A1997-11-18
JPH03205323A1991-09-06
JP2004137141A2004-05-13
JPH06247744A1994-09-06
JPH05163042A1993-06-29
JPS50116515A1975-09-11
JPS517014A1976-01-21
JPH05279082A1993-10-26
JPH0656471A1994-03-01
JPH10130029A1998-05-19
JP2002173384A2002-06-21
JPS63201037A1988-08-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Naito, Teruo (7-13 Nishi-Shimbashi 1-chom, Minato-ku Tokyo 03, JP)
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