Author : Austin Lim
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (731 download)
Book Synopsis The Properties and Structure of Tin Phosphate Glasses Modified with Other Oxides by : Austin Lim
Download or read book The Properties and Structure of Tin Phosphate Glasses Modified with Other Oxides written by Austin Lim and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The main objective of this research was to evaluate the properties and structures of glasses from the stannous (SnO) phosphate system for possible use in low temperature optical applications. Glasses in the binary xSnO-(100-x)P2O5 system (50[less than or equal to]x[less than or equal to]70) were prepared and their thermal and optical properties were evaluated. Differences in glass transition temperatures (T[subscript g]) measured here and reported in the literature were explained by differences in the residual water content in the glasses, as determined by infrared spectroscopy. In general, increasing the SnO content of the binary glasses increased the refractive index and the glass transition temperature, and reduced the residual water content, producing glasses that are more chemically stable. Raman spectroscopy showed that the chain-length of the average phosphate anion decreased with increasing SnO content. The addition of B2O3 to a Sn(II)-pyrophosphate base glass (x= 67) improves the aqueous dissolution rate by an order of magnitude. The impact of these compositional changes on the optical and thermal properties depends on how the borate is added. Raman and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies reveal that boron is initially incorporated into the glass network in tetrahedral sites and the pyrophosphate anions are converted to orthophosphate anions. The effects of the addition of Ga2O3 and Sb2O3 on the properties of the tin phosphate glasses were also determined. In general, the addition of these modifying oxides increase the glass transition temperature from around 250°C to 350°C, and the refractive index (nD) was in the range 1.75-1.85, depending on glass composition. The chemical durability of these modified glasses was similar to those modified by B2O3-additions. Raman spectroscopy revealed the formation of isolated orthophosphate anions in the formation of Ga (Sb)-O-P glass networks"--Abstract, leaf iv.