The invention relates to high-performance glass ceramics and to a method for producing said glass ceramics. A glass or
glass ceramic material is used as starting material, which may be a
lithium-
aluminium silicate (LAS) having a composition within the following limit values in weight %: 60-73 SiO2, 15-25 Al2O3, 2.2-5 Li2O, 0-5 CaO+SrO+BaO, 0-5 TiO2, 0-5 ZrO2, >0-4 ZnO, 0-3 Sb2O3, >0-3 MgO, 0-3 SnO2, 0-9 P2O5, 0-1.5 As2O3, >0-1 Na2O, >0-0.5 K2O, >0-1.2 Na2O+K2O and 0-1 colouring oxides. The
green body is subjected to a
thermal treatment for ceramization:
room temperature 660 DEG C at a heating rate of > 15 K / min, e.g. within 11 min at 58 K / min; up to about 20 min
process time with the slow reduction of the heating rate to zero; 30 min constant at 790 DEG C; heating to
maximum temperature (1080-1300 DEG C) at >10 K / min, e.g. 30 K / min; no
holding time at
maximum temperature; cooling to 400 DEG C at a
cooling rate of 15-350 K / min; cooling to
room temperature. During
tempering the temperature at the workpiece is preferably registered by sensors having a
response time of less than 10 s. The
kiln regulates the temperature accordingly with a
response time of at most 10 s. The LAS glass ceramics produced in this way is characterised in the non-reworked state or processed state inter alia by a high
impact resistance in the falling ball test of more than 15 cm (e.g. 56 +- 13 cm), an
acid resistance according to DIN 12116 of 1 or 2 (e.g. 1) and a resistance to temperature differences (RTD) of more than 700 DEG C. It is suitable as inter alia an oven cladding, oven window, stove top, chemically resistant laboratory vessel, white goods, translucent article with
UV protection, etc.