Abstract
The scope of this study is to determine the different crystal formation in the 0.8TeO2 + 0.2CdF2 glasses heated with different rates to various annealing temperatures by using differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques, chemical analysis, optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). Different number of exothermic peaks were observed indicating the different crystallization or the transition of certain phases in the glass structure as the heating rate of DTA scans varied from 5 to 20 °C/min. On the basis of the XRD investigations α-TeO2, γ-TeO2 and CdTe2O5 crystalline phases were determined. SEM/EDS investigations of all the glasses revealed the presence of different phases correlated with the XRD analysis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 329-335 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the European Ceramic Society |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2009 |
Keywords
- Microstructure
- Tellurite glass
- Thermal properties