The present invention provides a glass substrate in which in a heat treatment step of sticking a silicon substrate and a glass substrate to each other, an alkali ion is hardly diffused into the silicon substrate, and a residual strain generated in the silicon substrate is small. A glass substrate of the present invention has: an average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.50/100 at 50 C. to 100 C. of 2.70 ppm/ C. to 3.20 ppm/ C.; an average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.200/300 at 200 C. to 300 C. of 3.45 ppm/ C. to 3.95 ppm/ C.; a value .sub.200/300/.sub.50/100 obtained by dividing the average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.200/300 at 200 C. to 300 C. by the average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.50/100 at 50 C. to 100 C. of 1.20 to 1.30; and a content of an alkali metal oxide being 0% to 0.1% as expressed in terms of a molar percentage based on oxides.

A glass-ceramic, includes a silicate-containing glass comprising a first portion and a second portion. A plurality of crystalline precipitates comprising at least one of W and Mo. The crystalline precipitates are distributed within at least one of the first and second portions of the silicate-containing glass. The glass-ceramic comprises a difference in absorbance between the first and second portions of 0.04 optical density (OD)/mm or greater over a wavelength range of from 400 nm to 1500 nm.

This disclosure relates generally to glass products having a UV protective coating. The coating is a porous, nano-structured coating having pores sized within the range of UV radiation. The porous structure may scatter UV light, protecting laminated interlayers and interior space protected by the glass products. The UV protective coating may be used in glass laminates having UV-sensitive interlayers, including switchable films where UV exposure may be limited.

Provided is an ultraviolet-radiation absorbing glass product, characterized by: having a transmittance of ultraviolet radiation (TUV), as specified by ISO 9050: 2003, of 2% or less at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm, and transmittance of visible light (TVA) of 8 to 28% inclusive, based on the Standard Illuminant A at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm; and the color of the glass, as denoted by the chromaticity coordinates x, y in the XYZ color coordinate system based on a 2-degree visual field of the Standard Illuminant C as specified by JIS Z8701: 1999, satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2). (1) y0.735x+0.544 (2) y1.389x0.089

A glass composition comprises a germanosilicate glass containing 5-35 mol % ZnO. The glass composition has a relatively high refractive index, good glass-forming ability, and UV-shielding properties.

A photochromic glass that includes a base glass and a photochromic agent is described. The base glass is a modified boroaluminosilicate glass and the photochromic agent is a nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase. The photochromic glass exhibits a sharp cutoff in the UV or short wavelength visible portion of the spectrum along with an absorption band at longer wavelengths in the visible. The nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase includes Cu.sup.2+, which provides states within the bandgap of the cuprous halide that permit the glass to absorb visible light. Absorption of visible light drives a photochromic transition without compromising the sharp cutoff. The nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase may optionally include Ag.

A light selective transmission type glass 10 according to the present invention includes: a glass substrate 12; and a light selective transmission layer 11 provided on at least one main surface of the glass substrate 12. The glass substrate 12 has an average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.50/100 at 50 C. to 100 C. of 2.70 ppm/ C. to 3.20 ppm/ C., an average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.200/300 at 200 C. to 300 C. of 3.45 ppm/ C. to 3.95 ppm/ C., a value .sub.200/300/.sub.50/100 obtained by dividing the average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.200/300 at 200 C. to 300 C. by the average thermal expansion coefficient .sub.50/100 at 50 C. to 100 C. of 1.20 to 1.30, and a content of an alkali metal oxide being 0% to 0.1%.

The present invention refers to a glass composition and a method for the commercial production of a solar control thin green glass mainly for use in the automotive industry such as symmetric-hybrid windshields or asymmetric-hybrid windshields, sidelights and rear windows, which includes a basic composition of soda-lime-silica glass, and consists essentially, in weight percentage: from 1.30 to 2.50% of total iron expressed as Fe.sub.2O.sub.3; from 15 to 40% of Fe.sup.2+ (Ferrous) and from 0.15 to 0.65% of FeO, expressed as Fe.sub.2O.sub.3; from about 0.05 to about 0.30% of SO.sub.3; from about 0.02 to about 1.0% of TiO.sub.2; from about 0.0002 to about 0.03% of Cr.sub.2O.sub.3; and from about 0.0002 to about 0.015% of CuO. The solar control thin green glass having an illuminant A light transmission (T.sub.LA) greater than 70%, a direct solar transmittance (T.sub.DS) of less than 51%, a total UV light transmittance (T.sub.UV) of less than 40% and a total solar transmittance (T.sub.TS) of less than 63%; a dominant wavelength () from 490 nm to 600; and excitation purity less than 7, for thickness from about 0.7 to 3.0 mm.

Provided is an ultraviolet-radiation absorbing glass product, characterized by: having a transmittance of ultraviolet radiation (TUV), as specified by ISO 9050: 2003, of 2% or less at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm, and transmittance of visible light (TVA) of 8 to 28% inclusive, based on the Standard Illuminant A at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm; and the color of the glass, as denoted by the chromaticity coordinates x, y in the XYZ color coordinate system based on a 2-degree visual field of the Standard Illuminant C as specified by JIS Z8701: 1999, satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2). (1) y0.735x+0.544 (2) y1.389x0.089

The present invention aims to provide a heat-ray- and ultraviolet-absorbing glass plate having low solar transmittance and ultraviolet transmittance, having a high visible light transmittance, and containing a small amount of bubbles. The present invention relates to a heat-ray- and ultraviolet-absorbing glass plate that is a soda lime glass having a specific composition, having a mass proportion of divalent iron to the total iron being 50% or more, and having, as a value calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, a visible light transmittance Tv of 66% or more, a solar transmittance Te of 65% or less, a ratio Tv/Te of Tv and Te of 1.3 or more, and an ultraviolet transmittance Tuv of 50% or less.