A support glass substrate of the present invention is a support glass substrate for supporting a substrate to be processed, the support glass substrate including lithium aluminosilicate-based glass, having a content of Li.sub.2O of from 0.02 mol % to 25 mol % in a glass composition, and having an average linear thermal expansion coefficient within a temperature range of from 30° C. to 380° C. of 38×10.sup.−7/° C. or more and 160×10.sup.−7/° C. or less.

Laminated glass-based articles and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A glass-based article includes a glass-based substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a substrate thickness (t) in a range of about 0.1 millimeters to 3 millimeters, the glass-based substrate having a compressive region having a first compressive stress CS maximum at the first surface of the glass-based article extending to a depth of compression (DOC) and second local CS maximum at a depth of at least 25 μm from the first surface, wherein the glass-based substrate comprises a glass-based core substrate having a first side and a second side, the glass-based core substrate sandwiched between a glass-based first cladding substrate and a glass-based second cladding substrate, the first cladding substrate and second cladding substrate directly bonded to the first side and the second cladding substrate directly bonded to the second side.

Scratch and damage resistant laminated glass articles are disclosed. According to one aspect, a laminated glass article may include a glass core layer formed from an ion exchangeable core glass composition and includes a core glass elastic modulus E.sub.C and at least one glass clad layer fused directly to the glass core layer. The at least one glass clad layer may be formed from an ion exchangeable clad glass composition different than the ion exchangeable core glass composition and includes a clad glass elastic modulus E.sub.CL. The laminated glass article may have a total thickness T and the at least one glass clad layer may have a thickness T.sub.CL that is less than 30% of the total thickness T. E.sub.C may be at least 5% greater than E.sub.CL.

Scratch and damage resistant laminated glass articles are disclosed. According to one aspect, a laminated glass article may include a glass core layer formed from core glass composition and includes a core glass elastic modulus E.sub.C and at least one glass clad layer fused directly to the glass core layer. The at least one glass clad layer may be formed from an ion exchangeable clad glass composition different than the core glass composition and includes a clad glass elastic modulus E.sub.CL. The laminated glass article may have a total thickness T and the at least one glass clad layer may have a thickness T.sub.CL that is greater than or equal to 30% of the total thickness T. E.sub.C may be at least 5% greater than E.sub.CL.

Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0.Math.t up to 0.3.Math.t and from greater than about 0.7.Math.t up to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0.Math.t to about 0.3.Math.t) and a maximum central tension in the range from about 80 MPa to about 100 MPa. In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a value at a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the value to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.5 mol % or greater throughout the thickness. Methods for forming such glass-based articles are also disclosed.

A method of manufacturing a window member includes performing a first reinforcement operation including performing a first ion-exchange treatment on an initial window member. The first ion-exchange treatment includes applying ion salts at a temperature equal to or greater than a first temperature of about 500° C. A stress relief operation includes performing a heat treatment and/or a salt treatment on the initial window member to which the first reinforcement operation is performed. A second reinforcement operation includes performing a second ion-exchange treatment on the initial window member to which the stress relief operation is performed.

A glass member for a housing of an electronic device may include an aluminosilicate glass substrate defining a first surface of the glass member, the first surface having a first surface roughness, a fused composite coating bonded to a portion of the aluminosilicate glass substrate and defining a second surface of the glass member, the second surface having a second surface roughness greater than the first surface roughness, a first ion-exchanged layer extending into the glass member and through the fused composite coating, and a second ion-exchanged layer extending into the glass member from the first surface. The fused composite coating may include an amorphous glass matrix and a crystalline material dispersed in the amorphous glass matrix.

A glass member includes a recessed portion, wherein in cross-sectional view, an angle formed between a principal surface of the glass member and an edge face of an opening of the recessed portion is 90 degrees to 130 degrees.

A glass-ceramic that includes a first crystal phase including (Mg.sub.xZn.sub.1-x)Al.sub.2O.sub.4, where x is ≤1, and a second crystal phase including tetragonal ZrO.sub.2. The glass-ceramic may be substantially free of arsenic, tin, antimony, and cesium, each of the arsenic, tin, antimony, and cesium present at less than 0.01% (by mole of oxide). Further, the glass-ceramic may include a transmittance of at least about 80% to light having a wavelength of 380 nm to 760 nm.

A glass ceramic for an optical filter and an optical filter are obtained that have both thermal expansion characteristics for preventing refractive index fluctuations at a usage temperature of a filter member and mechanical characteristics considering durability, and further have excellent workability.

An internal transmittance of the glass ceramic for an optical filter is 0.970 or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 1550 nm when a thickness of the glass ceramic is 1 mm. The glass ceramic includes, by mass % in terms of oxide, 40.0% to 70.0% of a SiO.sub.2 component, 11.0% to 25.0% of an Al.sub.2O.sub.3 component, 5.0% to 19.0% of a Na.sub.2O component, 0% to 9.0% of a K.sub.2O component, 1.0% to 18.0% of one or more components selected from a MgO component and a ZnO component, 0% to 3.0% of a CaO component, and 0.5% to 12.0% of a TiO.sub.2 component.