A method of manufacturing glass ceramic articles such as glass ceramic plates for cooktops or fireplace windows is provided. The method facilitates the adjustment of a specific hue or a specific absorptivity of the glass ceramic in the visible spectral range. The method is based on the finding that the absorption of light by coloring agents which are appropriate for or present in glass ceramics can be attenuated during the ceramization process by adding substances that have a decoloring effect.

A lithium-ion-conducting composite material and process of producing are provided. The composite material includes at least one polymer and lithium-ion-conducting particles. The particles have a sphericity ψ of at least 0.7. The composite material includes at least 20 vol % of the particles for a polydispersity index PI of the particle size distribution of <0.7 or are present in at least 30 vol % of the composite material for the polydispersity index in a range from 0.7 to <1.2, or are present in at least 40 vol % of the composite material for the polydispersity index of >1.2.

A lithium-ion-conducting composite material and process of producing are provided. The composite material includes at least one polymer and lithium-ion-conducting particles. The particles have a sphericity ψ of at least 0.7. The composite material includes at least 20 vol % of the particles for a polydispersity index PI of the particle size distribution of <0.7 or are present in at least 30 vol % of the composite material for the polydispersity index in a range from 0.7 to <1.2, or are present in at least 40 vol % of the composite material for the polydispersity index of >1.2.

A cover glass is provided that includes a silica based glass ceramic with a thickness between 0.4 mm and 0.85 mm. The glass ceramic has a transmittance of more than 80% from 380 nm to 780 nm and a stress attribute selected from: an overall compressive stress (CS) of at least 250 MPa and at most 1500 MPa, a compressive stress at a depth of 30 μm (CS30) from one of the two faces of at least 160 MPa and at most 525 MPa, a depth of the compression layer (DoCL) of at least 0.2 times the thickness and less than 0.5 times the thickness, and any combinations thereof. The glass ceramic has at least one silica based crystal phase having in a near-surface layer a unit cell volume of at least 1% by volume larger than that of a core where the crystal phase has minimum stresses.

A magnetizable glass ceramic composition including: a continuous first glass phase including SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, P.sub.2O.sub.5, and R.sub.2O; a discontinuous second glass phase including at least one of SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, P.sub.2O.sub.5, R.sub.2O, or mixtures thereof; and a discrete magnetizable crystalline phase dispersed in the discontinuous second glass phase, where R.sub.2O is selected from at least one of K.sub.2O, Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O, or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are a method of making and a method of using the magnetizable glass ceramic composition.

A bioactive glass-ceramic composition as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the disclosed compositions.

A coated glass or glass ceramic substrate includes a substrate with a surface area and a coating on that surface area. The coating includes a glass matrix and IR-reflecting pigments. The IR-reflecting pigments have a TSR value of at least 20%, as determined according to ASTM G 173. The coating, at a wavelength of 1500 nm, exhibits a remission of at least 35%, as measured according to ISO 13468.

Embodiments of glass ceramic articles and precursor glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-ceramic articles are transparent and include a nepheline phase and a phosphate phase. The glass-ceramic articles are colorless and exhibit a transmittance of about 70% or greater across the visible spectrum. The glass-ceramic articles may optionally include a lithium aluminosilicate phase. The crystals of the glass-ceramic articles may have a major cross-section of about 100 nm or less.

The present invention provides a microcrystalline glass and microcrystalline glass product with excellent mechanical properties, microcrystalline glass product, the components of which, expressed in weight percent, contain: SiO.sub.2: 65 ∼80%; AI.sub.2O.sub.3: below 5%; Li.sub.2O: 10 ∼25%; ZrO.sub.2: 5 ∼15%; P.sub.2O.sub.5: 1 ∼8%. Through the reasonable component design, the microcrystalline glass product obtained by the present invention have excellent mechanical properties.

The present invention provides a microcrystalline glass and microcrystalline glass product with excellent mechanical properties, microcrystalline glass product, the components of which, expressed in weight percent, contain: SiO.sub.2: 65 ∼80%; AI.sub.2O.sub.3: below 5%; Li.sub.2O: 10 ∼25%; ZrO.sub.2: 5 ∼15%; P.sub.2O.sub.5: 1 ∼8%. Through the reasonable component design, the microcrystalline glass product obtained by the present invention have excellent mechanical properties.