EO Preferred Glass Types

Over 65 optical glass types kept on hand at manufacturing sites
Reduces lead time of raw material and facilitates quick prototyping
Used for first articles, prototypes, and low volume orders

Figure 1: EO Abbe diagram with Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Relative Partial Dispersion

EO Global Manufacturing Glass Types Map

Edmund Optics^® Global Manufacturing Glass Types
Materials Available	Glass Code	Equivalent Materials
Materials Available	Glass Code	Ohara	SCHOTT	CDGM
FUSED SILICA	458678	-	-	JGS2
BOROFLOAT33	471654	-	BOROFLOAT33	-
S-FSL5 and N-FK5 N-FK51A	487702 487845	S-FSL5 -	N-FK5 N-FK51A	H-QK3L -
S-FPL51 and H-FK61	497816	S-FPL51	N-PK52A	H-FK61
N-BK7, S-BSL7, and H-K9L	517642	S-BSL7	N-BK7	H-K9L
Soda Lime	520877	-	-	-
S-NSL5	522597	S-NSL5	N-K5	H-K50
N-KF9	523515	NSL51	-	H-K51A
B270	523585	-	B270	-
N-PK51	529770	-	N-PK51	-
S-TIL6	532489	S-TIL6	-	H-QF6
LLF1	548458	S-TIL1	LLF1	H-QF1
N-BAK4	569561	S-BAL14	N-BAK4	H-BaK47
LF5	581407	PBL25	LF5	QF50
S-BAL42	583594	S-BAL42	SK12	H-ZK2
N-SK5	589612	S-BAL35	N-SK5	H-ZK3
F5	603380	PBM5	F5	F1
N-SK2	607568	S-BSM2	N-SK2	H-ZK50
S-NBM51	613443	S-NBM51	-	H-TF3L
N-SK4	613587	S-BSM4	N-SK4	H-ZK6
N-F2	618363	S-TIM2	N-F2	H-F4
S-PHM52 and N-PSK53A	618634	S-PHM52	N-PSK53A	H-ZPK1
N-SK16	620603	S-BSM16	N-SK16	H-ZK9A
H-ZK10L	623569	S-BSM10	N-SK10	H-ZK10L
N-SF2	648338	PBM22	SF2	ZF1
N-LAK22	651560	S-LAL54	N-LAK22	H-LaK10
H-LAK50A	652584	S-LAL7	N-LAK7	H-LaK50A
H-ZBAF3	657511	-	-	H-ZBAF3
N-BAF10	670473	S-BAH10	N-BAF10	H-ZBaF52
H-ZF2	673321	S-TIM25	N-SF5	H-ZF2
N-LAK12 and S-LAL12	678552	S-LAL12	N-LAK12	H-LaK5A
N-SF8	689311	S-TIM28	N-SF8	H-ZF10
N-LAK9	691548	S-LAL9	N-LAK9	H-LAK2
H-LAK51A	697555	S-LAL14	N-LAK14	H-LaK51A
N-SF15	699302	S-TIM35	N-SF15	H-ZF11
S-BAH27	702412	S-BAH27	-	H-ZBaF20
N-LAK8	713539	S-LAL8	N-LAK8	H-LAK7
N-SF1	717295	S-TIH1	N-SF1	ZF3
H-ZF4	728283	S-TIH10	N-SF10	H-ZF4
H-LAK52	729547	S-LAL18	N-LAK34	H-LaK52
N-LAF2	744448	S-LAM2	N-LAF2	H-LAF3
S-LAM7	750352	S-LAM47	N-LAF7	H-LaF4
H-ZF6	755275	S-TIH4	N-SF4	H-ZF6
S-YGH51	755523	S-YGH51	N-LAK33A	H-LaK53A
H-LAF50B	773496	S-LAH66	N-LAF34	H-LaF50B
S-TIH11	785257	S-TIH11	-	H-ZF13
N-SF11	785258	PBH11	SF11	ZF13
N-LAF33	786442	S-LAH51	N-LAF33	-
N-LAF21	788474	S-LAH64	N-LAF21	H-LaF10L
N-LASF44	804465	S-LAH65	N-LASF44	H-ZLaF50B
H-ZLAF50D	804466	S-LAH65	N-LASF44	H-ZLAF50D
N-SF6	805254	S-TIH6	N-SF6	H-ZF7LA
S-LAH53	806409	S-LAH53	N-LASF43	H-ZLaF52
S-NPH1	808228	S-NPH1	-	H-ZF71
H-ZLAF55A	835427	S-LAH55	N-LASF41	H-ZLaF55A
N-SF57, S-TIH53, and H-ZF52A	847238	S-TIH53	N-SF57	H-ZF52A
N-LASF9	850322	S-LAH71	N-LASF9	H-ZLaF71
S-LAH58	881408	S-LAH58	N-LASF31A	H-ZLaF68
S-NPH2 and H-ZF72A	923189	S-NPH2	-	H-ZF72A

*Not all grades of every glass type are kept on hand at manufacturing sites

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