| abstract |
A curable composition containing an inorganic compound A having sulfur atom and/or selenium atom, a compound B represented by the following formula 1: n n n n n n n n n n wherein m is an integer from 0 to 4, and n is an integer from 0 to 2,n nand a compound C selected from the group consisting of thiol compounds having one SH group and disulfide compounds which are other than the compound B and have one or more disulfide linkages. The inorganic compound A is contained in an amount from 1 to 50 parts by weight and the compound B is contained in an amount from 50 to 99 parts by weight when a total of the inorganic compound A and the compound B is taken as 100 parts by weight. The compound C is contained in an amount from 1 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight in total of the inorganic compound A and the compound B. The curable composition causes little increase in the viscosity even when subjected to prepolymerization and deaeration, thereby facilitating the operation of cast polymerization for producing optical materials, etc. |