Preparation and characterization of zinc aluminosilicate transparent glass-ceramics

Abstract

Zinc aluminosilicate glosses containing Li2 O, ZnO, Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ were prepared by conventional melting and quenching technique, and subsequently converted to transparent glass-ceramics by controlled nucleation and crystallization. The glass was melted in a platinum crucible at 1 600 °C for 2 h and then two-step heat treated for the nucleation and the crystal growth. The nucleation and crystallization temperatures were determined by differential thermal analysis. Specimens heat-treated on different schedules were analyzed by the X-ray diffraction to determine crystalline phases. Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the glass-ceramics morphology, the grain size and distribution in the residual glass matrix. The reorganization of the amorphous solid was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. The transmittance was measured by a UV-Vis-NIR scanning spectrophotometer.

Keywords

glass-ceramics / nucleation and crystal growth / preparation / characterization

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