| abstract |
The invention relates to the coating of flat glass with indium oxide. Indium oxide coatings, optionally doped, for example with tin, are produced in high yield by utilising a chemical vapour deposition process in which a gaseous mixture of a dialkylindium compound and a source of oxygen is directed on to the hot glass surface (The dialkylindium may also be used without pre-mixing but with separate supply of the oxygen source to the glass surface). The processes of the invention are especially suitable for application of a doped indium oxide coating to a continuous ribbon of glass on the production line on which the glass is formed, for use, for example, in architectural glazing applications utilising the low emissivity of the coating. |