Taking that the general glass composition is 72% SiO
2, (12-
x) CaO,
xFe
2O
3, 16K
2O, I have chosen glasses in which the content of
x being varies from O to 12, and studied about the variation of the state of oxidation of iron oxide, of the color presented by glasses and of forms of transmission curves.
The process of melting and amount of batches are simila to what I have described in my third report but owing to a difficulty of melting potash glass more than the soda glass the melting temperature applied for the said glass in the experiment has been higher than the normal of 1450°C.
(A) The amount of ferrous oxide contained in the glass and the amount of total oxide expressed in ferric oxide have been obtained by analysis which being as follows: -
The relation between the percentage ratio of FeO/FeO+Fe
2O
3 and the total iron oxide in the glass, appeared in the above table has a tendency similar to that shown in the previous report with the case of soda-lime-silica glass. However, comparing glasses containing same amount of said substance these is formed such a trend that the dissociation of iron oxide in potash-lime-silica glass is less than that in soda-lime-silica glass.
(B) The color and transmission curve of the glasses have been determined.
As to the color those having exceedingly small iron oxide centent present faint bluish green; the color is gradually thickened as the content of iron oxide increases. When the content of total iron oxide reaches as much as 0.5% the glass becomes greenish, along with the increase of iron oxide content yellowish and greenish color are intensified materially and the resultant is that it varies to brownish green until it becomes darkblack glass as the iron oxide content is considerably increased.
Next, colors of soda-lime-silica glasses and potash-lime-silica glasses, both containing approximately same amount of iron oxide, have been compared. In case of thé content of iron oxide is small the color in potash-lime-silica glass is found lighter and clearer and when the said iron content is increased more, and more there is no distinction between the two.
Further, limit wave length which transmit these glasses have been determined from transmission curves obtained through experiment. The re'ation between the iron oxide content and the limit wave length that transmit the glass is quite similar with the soda-lime-silica glass.
Finally, when transmisaion curves of the soda-lime-silica glass and the potash-lime-silica glass are compared it has been formd in general that the transmission in the latter is higher than the former, and this shows the fact that the potash glass is clearer than the soda glass. (Glass research laboratory of The Tokyo Electric Co.)
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