Influence of aluminum speciation on the stability of aluminosilicate glasses against crystallization

Qiuju Zheng, Morten M. Smedskjaer, Randall E. Youngman, Marcel Potuzak, John Mauro, Yuanzheng Yue

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Abstract

In this letter, we investigate the correlation between glass microstructure and glass stability (GS) in soda lime aluminosilicates. We find a loss of GS (i.e., an onset of crystallization) in the glasses above a critical concentration of Al 2O 3 when heating at the standard rate of 20 K/min. This loss in GS may be attributed to formation of five-fold coordinated Al species when [Al 2O 3]/[Na 2O] > 1. The primary crystalline phase is identified as nepheline, in which Al exists in four-fold coordination. This implies that the five-fold coordinated Al is energetically less stable compared to Al in a tetrahedral environment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number041906
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume101
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 23 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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