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 |
Funding
The authors of this study express their gratitude to Dr. Nuri Solak for his comments on the XRD and DTA analysis. This research has been supported by the Scientific and Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) for the financial support under the project numbered 106T347.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Scientific and Research Council of Turkey | |
| TÜBİTAK | 106T347 |
Keywords
- Microstructure
- Tellurite glass
- Thermal properties