Local strengthening of glass by ion exchange

This disclosure describes a process for strengthening, by ion-exchange, the edges of an article separated from a large glass sheet after the sheet has been ion-exchanged to strengthen by exposing only the one or a plurality of the edges of the separated article to an ion-exchange medium (for example...

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Hauptverfasser: STRELTSOV ALEXANDER MIKHAILOVICH, GOMEZ SINUE, MOORE LISA ANNE, TSUDA SERGIO, ABRAMOV ANATOLI ANATOLYEVICH, WALTER JONATHAN E
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Zusammenfassung:This disclosure describes a process for strengthening, by ion-exchange, the edges of an article separated from a large glass sheet after the sheet has been ion-exchanged to strengthen by exposing only the one or a plurality of the edges of the separated article to an ion-exchange medium (for example without limitation, a salt, paste, frit, glass) while the glass surface is maintained at temperatures less than 200° C.