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Crystallization and microstructure of Na2O-CaO-Nb 2O5-P2O5 glasses

  • Agnese Stunda-Zujeva*
  • , Guna Krieke
  • , Dmitrijs Jakovlevs
  • , Liga Berzina-Cimdina
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Riga Technical University

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Abstract

Glasses in the system Na2O-CaO-Nb2O 5-P2O5 were crystallized during cooling and reheating up to 900°C and crystalline phases were compared. Most of glasses showed surface nucleation, except the glass with a 10 mol% niobium content exhbited bulk nucleation. During cooling phosphates (Ca3(PO 4)2, Ca2P2O7) and niobophosphates (NbPO5, NbOPO4 and Nb18P 2 · 5O50) crystallized. Sodium niobophosphates recrystallized to Na4Nb8P4O32 or Na2Nb6P4O26 during reheating. Samples with highest amount of sodium formed more NaNbO3, samples with phosphate in excess of 35 mol% formed Na2Nb6P 4O26 instead of Na4Nb8P 4O32. The microstructure for all samples was inhomogeneous and contained crystallites with a large distribution of sizes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-98
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B
Volume53
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

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