Glass is provided so as to have high visible transmission and/or fairly clear
or neutral color. In certain example embodiments of making glass according to examples
of the invention, the glass batch may include a base glass (e.g., soda lime silica
base glass) and, in addition, by weight percentage:
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| total iron (expressed as Fe2O3): |
0.01 to 0.30% |
| erbium oxide (e.g., Er2O3): |
0.01 to 0.30% |
| cerium oxide (e.g., CeO2): |
0.005 to 0.30%. |
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Optionally, neodymium oxide (e.g., Nd2O3) may also
be provided in the glass in certain example embodiments. In other embodiments,
the cerium oxide may be replaced with or supplemented by NaNO3 or some
other nitrate(s) as an oxidizer.
