US Patent 7795798 Transparent fluorescent glass

A transparent white fluorescent glass is provided which contains a soda lime glass as a base material, 0.8 to 2.5 wt % of Sn, calculated as SnO, and 0.045 wt % or less of Fe, calculated as Fe2O3, and a transparent white fluorescent glass which contains the soda lime glass as a base material, 0.8 to 2.5 wt % of Sn, calculated as SnO, and 0.02 to 0.14 wt % of Ce, calculated as CeO2. This fluorescent glass can be suitably used for producing at low cost a large plate material having a size that is several tens of centimeters or more that is easy and simple to operate and exhibits satisfactory white fluorescence by ultraviolet ray irradiation.