Glass plate and method for manufacturing same

Abstract

A glass sheet of the present invention has a content of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O of from 0 mol % to less than 1.0 mol % and a content of B 2 O 3 of from 0 mol % to less than 2.0 mol % in a glass composition, has a β-OH value of less than 0.20/mm, and has a thermal shrinkage ratio of 20 ppm or less when increased in temperature from normal temperature at a rate of 5° C./min, kept at a temperature of 500° C. for 1 hour, and decreased in temperature at a rate of 5° C./min.

1 . A glass sheet, which has a content of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O of from 0 mol % to less than 1.0 mol % and a content of B 2 O 3  of from 0 mol % to less than 2.0 mol % in a glass composition,
 which has a β-OH value of less than 0.20/mm, and   which has a thermal shrinkage ratio of 20 ppm or less when increased in temperature from normal temperature at a rate of 5° C./min, kept at a temperature of 500° C. for 1 hour, and decreased in temperature at a rate of 5° C./min.   
     
     
         2 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a content of B 2 O 3  of from 0 mol % to less than 1.0 mol % in the glass composition, and has a β-OH value of 0.15/mm or less. 
     
     
         3 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a thickness of from 0.03 mm to 0.6 mm, and comprises as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 60% to 75% of SiO 2 , 8% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 2.0% of B 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 1.0% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 1% to 7% of MgO, 2% to 10% of CaO, 0% to 5% of SrO, 0% to 7% of BaO, 0% to less than 0.050% of As 2 O 3 , and 0% to less than 0.050% of Sb 2 O 3 . 
     
     
         4 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a content of Fe 2 O 3  of 10 ppm or more and less than 100 ppm on a molar basis in the glass composition. 
     
     
         5 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a content of Na 2 O of 100 ppm or more and less than 600 ppm on a molar basis in the glass composition. 
     
     
         6 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a strain point of 710° C. or more. 
     
     
         7 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a liquidus temperature of 1,300° C. or less. 
     
     
         8 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet has a temperature at a viscosity of 10 2.5  dPa·s of 1,680° C. or less. 
     
     
         9 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet comprises a formed joined surface on a center portion in a thickness direction. 
     
     
         10 . The glass sheet according to  claim 1 , wherein the glass sheet is used as a substrate of an OLED device. 
     
     
         11 . A method of producing a glass sheet, comprising:
 a blending step of blending a glass batch so as to obtain glass comprising as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 60% to 75% of SiO 2 , 8% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 2.0% of B 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 1.0% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 1% to 7% of MgO, 2% to 10% of CaO, 0% to 5% of SrO, 0% to 7% of BaO, 0% to less than 0.050% of As 2 O 3 , and 0% to less than 0.050% of Sb 2 O 3 ;   a melting step of heating the resultant glass batch through application of a current with a heating electrode to obtain molten glass; and   a forming step of forming, by an overflow down-draw method, the resultant molten glass into a glass sheet having a β-OH value of less than 0.20/mm, and having a thermal shrinkage ratio of 20 ppm or less when increased in temperature from normal temperature at a rate of 5° C./min, kept at a temperature of 500° C. for 1 hour, and decreased in temperature at a rate of 5° C./min.   
     
     
         12 . The method of producing a glass sheet according to  claim 11 , wherein the melting step comprises heating the resultant glass batch through application of a current with a molybdenum electrode to obtain the molten glass. 
     
     
         13 . The method of producing a glass sheet according to  claim 11 , wherein the forming step comprises forming the resultant molten glass into a glass sheet having a thickness of from 0.03 mm to 0.6 mm. 
     
     
         14 . The glass sheet according to  claim 2 , wherein the glass sheet has a thickness of from 0.03 mm to 0.6 mm, and comprises as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 60% to 75% of SiO 2 , 8% to 16% of Al 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 2.0% of B 2 O 3 , 0% to less than 1.0% of Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O, 1% to 7% of MgO, 2% to 10% of CaO, 0% to 5% of SrO, 0% to 7% of BaO, 0% to less than 0.050% of As 2 O 3 , and 0% to less than 0.050% of Sb 2 O 3 . 
     
     
         15 . The method of producing a glass sheet according to  claim 12 , wherein the forming step comprises forming the resultant molten glass into a glass sheet having a thickness of from 0.03 mm to 0.6 mm.