Photonucleation of lithium aluminosilicate glass

Jeetendra Sehgal; L. David Pye

doi:10.1117/12.22523

1 October 1990 Photonucleation of lithium aluminosilicate glass

Jeetendra Sehgal, L. David Pye

Proceedings Volume 1327, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22523
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Photonucleation has been studied previously in glasses in the lithium silicate system. In this work it was intended to extend this phenomenon to the lithium aluminosilicate system in order to crystallize /3-spodumene only. Various glass compositions with alumina content varying from 10 to 25 wt. were investigated. Glass batches were mixed with water to form a slurry completely dried and then melted. Glass was then exposed to UV radiation and subsequently heat treated. When prepared in this manner photonucleation was not obtained for these systems containing higher amounts of alumina. However when the slurry was allowed to form a wet but firm mixture and then melted the resulting glass exhibited the photonucleation effect. The results are explained in terms of the oxidative nature of water in silicate batches and melts. 1

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Jeetendra Sehgal and L. David Pye "Photonucleation of lithium aluminosilicate glass", Proc. SPIE 1327, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass II, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22523

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