Glass-based articles having sections of different thicknesses where a maximum central tension in a thinner section is less than that of a thicker section. The articles comprise an alkali metal oxide having a independent nonzero concentrations that vary along at least a portion of the thickness of each section. Consumer electronic products may comprise the glass-based articles having sections of different thicknesses.

A glass composition includes: greater than or equal to 56 mol % to less than or equal to 70 mol % SiO.sub.2; greater than or equal to 12 mol % to less than or equal to 20 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 4 mol % P.sub.2O.sub.5; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 8 mol % B.sub.2O.sub.3; greater than or equal to 6 mol % to less than or equal to 12 mol % Li.sub.2O; greater than or equal to 4 mol % to less than or equal to 12 mol % Na.sub.2O; greater than or equal to 0.4 mol % to less than or equal to 3 mol % K.sub.2O; greater than or equal to 2 mol % to less than or equal to 6 mol % MgO; greater than or equal to 0.25 mol % to less than or equal to 6 mol % CaO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 3 mol % SrO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 5 mol % ZnO; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 1 mol % ZrO.sub.2. The glass composition may have a fracture toughness of greater than or equal 0.75 MPa.Math.m.sup.0.5 and a Young's modulus of greater than or equal to 80 GPa. The glass composition is chemically strengthenable. The glass composition may be used in a glass-based article or a consumer electronic product.

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a rollable glass sheet configured to reversibly transition between a flat configuration and a bent configuration. The rollable glass sheet includes a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The first major surface and the second major surface define a thickness of the glass sheet that is 0.4 mm or less. In the flat configuration, the first major surface includes a first surface compressive stress and a first depth of compression, and in the bent configuration, the first major surface includes a curvature. At a radius of curvature of 50 mm, the first major surface includes a second surface compressive stress less than the first compressive stress and a second depth of compression less than the first depth of compression and greater than 11 μm.

Embodiments of thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based articles may include a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a first CS region comprising a concentration of a metal oxide that is both non-zero and varies along a portion of the thickness, and a second CS region being substantially free of the metal oxide of the first CS region, the second CS region extending from the first surface to a depth of compression of about 0.17•t or greater. In one or more embodiments, the first surface is flat to 100 μm total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first surface. Methods of strengthening glass sheets are also disclosed, along with consumer electronic products, laminates and vehicles including the same are also disclosed.

A plate-like chemically strengthened glass having a compression stress layer on the surface of the glass, wherein the compressive stress value (CS.sub.0) at the glass surface of is 500 MPa or more, the plate thickness (t) is 400 μm or more, the compressive stress depth of layer (DOL) is (t×0.15) μm or more, the compressive stress values (CS.sub.1) and (CS.sub.2) when the depth from the glass surface is ¼ and ½, respectively, are 50 MPa or more, m.sub.1 expressed by {m.sub.1=(CS.sub.1−CS.sub.2/(DOL/4−DOL/2)} is −1.5 MPa/μm or more, m.sub.2 expressed by {m.sub.2=(CS.sub.2/(DOL/2−DOL)} is 0 MPa/μm or less, and m.sub.2 is less than m.sub.1.

Glass-based articles that include a hydrogen-containing layer extending from the surface of the article to a depth of layer. The hydrogen-containing layer includes a hydrogen concentration that decreases from a maximum hydrogen concentration to the depth of layer. The glass-based articles exhibit a high Vickers indentation cracking threshold. Glass compositions that are selected to promote the formation of the hydrogen-containing layer and methods of forming the glass-based article are also provided.

A glass-ceramic includes glass and crystalline phases, where the crystalline phase includes non-stoichiometric suboxides of titanium, forming ‘bronze’-type solid state defect structures in which vacancies are occupied with dopant cations.

The present invention provides a method of increasing the strength of a glass substrate for optical filters and a tempered-glass optical filter using a tempered glass substrate manufactured using the same, in which the glass substrate for optical filters is subjected to chemical tempering so that a compressive stress (CS) and a depth of layer (DOL) of the glass substrate are adjusted to increase the bending strength thereof.

A glass and an enclosure, including windows, cover plates, and substrates for mobile electronic devices comprising the glass. The glass has a crack initiation threshold that is sufficient to withstand direct impact, has a retained strength following abrasion that is greater than soda lime and alkali aluminosilicate glasses, and is resistant to damage when scratched. The enclosure includes cover plates, windows, screens, and casings for mobile electronic devices and information terminal devices.

A glass substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a thickness from the first surface to the second surface. The glass substrate includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region extends from the first surface a first depth into the glass substrate and has a first compressive stress. The second region extends from the second surface a second depth into the glass substrate and has a second compressive stress different from the first compressive stress. The third region is between the first region and the second region. In the glass substrate, the first compressive stress has a maximum value at a location between the first surface and the first depth, and the second compressive stress has a maximum value at a location between the second surface and the second depth.