The present invention relates to a glass plate which is provided with a first main surface, and a second main surface which faces the first main surface. An antiglare portion and a non-antiglare portion are provided to the first main surface. The average lengths (RSm) of elements of roughness curves of the antiglare portion and the non-antiglare portion are respectively 1 μm or higher. The difference between the RSm of the antiglare portion and the RSm of the non-antiglare portion is 100 μm or lower.

A cooking appliance with a cooktop includes a glass-ceramic substrate with a top surface for receiving cookware thereon for heating. The surface includes a coating formed by applying a sol-gel coating to the surface after the surface is roughened to increase the surface roughness of the top surface and improve adhesion of the coating thereon. The sol-gel coating forms a matte finish on the cooktop while having anti-stick properties for cleanability.

A method of forming a textured glass article comprises: submerging an aluminosilicate glass article in an etchant to an upper submerging depth from a surface of the etchant and at a tilting angle, wherein the aluminosilicate glass article comprises a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first surface, wherein the tilting angle is a smallest angle between a normal to the first major surface and a vertical; holding the aluminosilicate glass article in the etchant for a holding time; and after the holding time, cycling the aluminosilicate glass article in the etchant between the upper submerging depth and a lower submerging depth deeper than the upper submerging depth for a cycling time.

Methods of forming vias in substrates having at least one damage region extending from a first surface etching the at least one damage region of the substrate to form a via in the substrate, wherein the via extends through the thickness T of the substrate while the first surface of the substrate is masked. The mask is removed from the first surface of the substrate after etching and upon removal of the mask the first surface of the substrate has a surface roughness (Rq) of about less than 1.0 nm.

A method of manufacturing a glass substrate having a penetrating structure, the method includes: (1) preparing a glass substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and includes 3 mol % to 30 mol % of B.sub.2O.sub.3 in terms of oxide; (2) having the glass substrate irradiated with a laser from a first surface side, to form an initial penetrating structure; (3) wet etching the glass substrate having the initial penetrating structure formed; (4) polishing the wet-etched glass substrate from the first surface side, by using an abrasive including acid-soluble abrasive grains; and (5) cleaning the glass substrate with an acid solution.

The present invention relates to a glass member including a glass and a reflection sheet, in which the glass includes: a first surface; a second surface opposite to the first surface; at least one first end surface that is provided between the first surface and the second surface; and at least one second end surface that is provided between the first surface and the second surface and is different from the first end surface, the glass has an effective optical path length of 5 cm to 200 cm, the glass has an average internal transmittance of at least 80% in a visible light region over the effective optical path length, the second end surface has a surface roughness Ra of not higher than 0.8 μm, and the reflection sheet is disposed on the second end surface, and relates to a glass for use in the glass member.

An object of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass that can effectively suppress strength of a glass from being deteriorated even though performing chemical strengthening and has high transmittance (that is, low reflectivity). The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a compressive stress layer formed on a surface layer thereof by an ion exchange method, in which the glass contains sodium and boron, and has a delta transmittance being +0.1% or more, and in which a straight line obtained by a linear approximation of a hydrogen concentration Y in a region of a depth X from an outermost surface of the glass satisfies a specific relational equation in X=0.1 to 0.4 (μm).

A strengthened glass plate includes: a first functional layer that is provided in a first main surface of the strengthened glass plate; and a second functional layer that is provided in a second main surface of the strengthened glass plate. When a stress in a tensile stress layer is designated as CT, the following relation regarding the CT is satisfied: CT>0.8×[−38.7×ln(t/1000)+48.2], where t is a plate thickness [μm], CS is a compressive stress [MPa] in an outermost surface, and DOL is a depth [μm] from a glass surface to a point where the compressive stress reaches zero in a thickness direction.

A method of improving the surface of an object treats the surface with a neutral beam formed from a gas cluster ion mean to create a surface texture and/or increase surface area.

To impart antiglare properties without reducing the amount of transmitted light, a method for processing a surface of light-transmitting-glass according to the present invention comprises a blasting step of ejecting abrasive grains with particle sizes of #800 to #3000 (average particle diameter 14 μm to 4 μm) such as WA (white alundum: high-purity alumina) having higher hardness than that of the glass onto a light-receiving surface of the glass having light-transmitting property to be processed for forming indentations and protrusions in the light-receiving surface of the glass, and after the blasting step, a hydrofluoric acid treatment step of immersing the light-receiving surface of the glass into a hydrofluoric acid solution in 10% to 20% concentration for 30 to 600 seconds thereby increase a height (amplitude) of indentations and protrusions of the surface of light-transmitting-glass.