Patent attributes
Disclosed is a glass flake (10) having improved heat resistance and improved chemical durability, which is composed of a glass base material satisfying, as expressed in mass %, 60≦SiO2≦70, 5≦Al2O3≦15, 1≦MgO≦10, 10≦CaO≦25 and 4<(Li2O+Na2O+K2O)<9. The temperature difference ΔT obtained by taking the devitrification temperature of the glass base material from the working temperature thereof is preferably within the range of 0-200° C. The glass transition temperature of the glass base material is preferably within the range of 560-750° C. It is desirable that the value of ΔW, which serves as an index for the acid resistance of the glass base material, is within the range of 0.05-1.2 mass %.