In embodiments, a precursor glass composition comprises from about 55 wt. % to about 80 wt. % SiO.sub.2; from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Li.sub.2O; greater than 0 wt % to about 3 wt. % Na.sub.2O; a non-zero amount of P.sub.2O.sub.5 less than or equal to 4 wt. %; and from about 0.2 wt. % to about 15 wt. % ZrO.sub.2. In embodiments, ZrO.sub.2 (wt. %)+P.sub.2O.sub.5 (wt. %) is greater than 3. When the precursor glass composition is converted to a glass-ceramic article, the glass-ceramic article may include grains having a longest dimension of less than 100 nm.

Glass-based articles are provided with improved stress profiles. The glass-based articles provide improved drop performance and damage resistance. The glass-based articles may be produced with a single ion exchange treatment.

Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance. A glass-based article comprises a lithium aluminosilicate composition and a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K.sub.2O) to sodium oxide (Na.sub.2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8. The article comprises sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article and a spike depth of layer that is greater than or equal to 4 micrometers and less than or equal to 8 micrometers. The article may comprise an average compressive stress of greater than or equal to 150 MPa over a depth from 15 micrometers to 40 micrometers.

Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07t to a depth of about 0.26t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18t to about 0.25t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa√m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method.

A colored glass article may include 50-80 mol % SiO.sub.2; 7-20 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; 1-35 mol % R.sub.2O, wherein R.sub.2O comprises at least one of Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O, and K.sub.2O; 1×10.sup.−6-10 mol % of a colorant, wherein the colorant comprises at least one of Cr.sub.2O.sub.3, Au, Ag, CuO, NiO, Co.sub.3O.sub.4, TiO.sub.2, CeO.sub.2; and 12-24 mol % of Al.sub.2O.sub.3+MgO+CaO+ZnO. The colored glass article may have a transmittance color coordinate in the CIELAB color space with an L* value of 55 to 96.5. The colored glass article may have a compressive stress profile with a depth of compression ≥0.15t, a thickness t from 0.4 mm-5 mm, a compressive stress ≥200 MPa, and a central tension ≥60 MPa. The colored glass article may have a dielectric constant from 5.6 to 6.4 over the frequency range from 10 GHz to 60 GHz.

The present invention relates to a glass for chemical strengthening including, in mole percentage on an oxide basis: 60 to 72% of SiO.sub.2; 9 to 20% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3; 1 to 15% of Li.sub.2O; 0.1 to 5% of Y.sub.2O.sub.3; 0 to 1.5% of ZrO.sub.2; and 0 to 1% of TiO.sub.2, having a total content of one or more kinds of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO of 1 to 10%, having a total content of Na.sub.2O and K.sub.2O of 1.5 to 10%, having a total content of B.sub.2O.sub.3 and P.sub.2O.sub.5 of 0 to 10%, wherein a ratio ([Al.sub.2O.sub.3]+[Li.sub.2O])/([Na.sub.2O]+[K.sub.2O]+[MgO]+[CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]+[ZrO.sub.2]+[Y.sub.2O.sub.3]) is from 0.7 to 3, wherein a ratio [MgO])/([CaO]+[SrO]+[BaO]+[ZnO]) is from 10 to 45, and having a value M expressed by the following expression of 1,100 or more:

M=−5×[SiO.sub.2]+121×[Al.sub.2O.sub.3]+50×[Li.sub.2O]−35×[Na.sub.2O]+32×[K.sub.2O]+85×[MgO]+54×[CaO]−41×[SrO]−4×[P.sub.2O.sub.5]+218×[Y.sub.2O.sub.3]+436×[ZrO.sub.2]−1180, wherein each of [SiO.sub.2], [Al.sub.2O.sub.3], [Li.sub.2O], [Na.sub.2O], [K.sub.2O], [MgO], [CaO], [SrO], [P.sub.2O.sub.5], [Y.sub.2O.sub.3], and [ZrO.sub.2] designates a content of each component in mole percentage on an oxide basis.

The disclosure provides textured glass components as well as electronic device cover assemblies and enclosures which include the textured glass components. In some cases, a protruding portion of the glass component includes a textured region provided over a camera assembly of the electronic device. One or more openings may be provided in the textured region. The textured region may be configured to provide a translucent or hazy appearance to the electronic device while providing a desirable “feel” to the electronic device and level of cleanability.

A glass-ceramic comprising, in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 50 to 70% SiO.sub.2, 0 to 20% Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 12 to 23% MgO, 0 to 4% Li.sub.2O, 0 to 10% Na.sub.2O, 0 to 10% K.sub.2O, 0 to 5% ZrO.sub.2, and 2 to 12% F, wherein the predominant crystalline phase of said glass-ceramic is a trisilicic mica, a tetrasilicic mica, or a mica solid solution between trisilicic and tetrasilicic, and wherein the total of Na.sub.2O+Li.sub.2O is at least 2 wt. %; wherein the glass-ceramic can be ion-exchanged.

Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.

A glass structure includes: a glass substrate that includes a thick portion and a thin portion thinner than the thick portion; and a filler that covers a step surface formed by difference in height between the thick portion and the thin portion. A refractive index difference at a wavelength of 555 nm between the glass substrate and the filler is 0.008 or less in an absolute value. A refractive index difference at a wavelength of 507 nm between the glass substrate and the filler is 0.008 or less in an absolute value.