ENHANCED STRENGTHENING OF GLASS BY ION EXCHANGE IN SODIUM BATH FOLLOWED BY ION EXCHANGE IN POTASSIUM BATH

Apparatus, systems and methods for improving strength of a thin glass member for an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the glass member can have improved strength by using multi-bath chemical processing. The multi-bath chemical processing allows greater levels of strengthening to be...

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Hauptverfasser: ZADESKY, Stephen Paul, PREST, Christopher, WEBER, Douglas
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatus, systems and methods for improving strength of a thin glass member for an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the glass member can have improved strength by using multi-bath chemical processing. The multi-bath chemical processing allows greater levels of strengthening to be achieved for glass member. In one embodiment, the glass member can pertain to a glass cover for a housing of an electronic device.