Elizabeth M. Tsekrekas , Nagia S. Tagiara , Randall E. Youngman , Efstratios I. Kamitsos , Alexis G. Clare
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Abstract
Lead borate glasses in the system xPbO-(100-x)B2O3 have been prepared in platinum and alumina crucibles. Glasses were investigated qualitatively by Raman and infrared spectroscopies, and quantitatively by NMR spectroscopy, to determine the effect of Al2O3 contamination on the glass network. Glasses melted in a platinum crucible had a formation range of 30 ≤ x ≤ 80 mol% PbO, while glasses prepared in alumina crucibles experienced an expansion in the formation range, i.e. 20 ≤ x ≤ 85 mol%, as a result of Al2O3 contamination from the alumina crucible. Both the mid-frequency Raman and infrared data, as well as NMR spectroscopy, suggest that the introduction of Al2O3 within the glass results in the under-modification of the borate network due to the formation of anionic AlOn type units charge balanced by Pb2+ ions. This is also reflected in the low-frequency region of the Raman and infrared spectra, which relates to the Pb-O vibrations, where the Pb-O bonding remains predominately ionic for a larger composition range in the Al2O3 contaminated glasses (x ≤ 60), while the Pb-O bond also acquires covalent character for x ≥ 70 mol%.
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The Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids publishes review articles, research papers, and Letters to the Editor on amorphous and glassy materials, including inorganic, organic, polymeric, hybrid and metallic systems. Papers on partially glassy materials, such as glass-ceramics and glass-matrix composites, and papers involving the liquid state are also included in so far as the properties of the liquid are relevant for the formation of the solid.
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