ISSN 0862-5468 (Print), ISSN 1804-5847 (online) 

Ceramics-Silikáty 56, (1) 61 - 68 (2012)


THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF POTASSIUM GERMANATE GLASS WITH HIGH CONTENT OF NIOBIUM OXIDE
 
Matijaševic Srđan D. 1, Tošić Mihajlo B. 1, Stojanović Jovica N. 1, Grujić Snežana R. 2, Živanović Vladimir D. 1, Nikolić Jelena D. 1, Đošić Marija S. 1
 
1 Institute for Technology of Nuclear and О
2 Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, 4 Karnegijeva St., 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords: Germanate glass, Niobium oxide, Crystallization
 

Potassium germanate glass with molar ratio [GeO2]/[K2O] = 1.2 and Nb2O5 content of 34 mol% have been synthesized by a melt-quenching method. The crystallization behavior under non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization conditions was investigated. The results showed that this glass exposed complex primary crystallization. In the temperature range < 800oC primary phase is K3.8Nb5Ge3O20.4, while K6Nb6Ge4O26 appeared as primary phase at temperatures > 800oC. K10Nb22Ge4O68 and metastable KNbO3 and K4Nb6O17 were formed as secondary phases. The crystallization commenced at T > 640oC with high homogeneous nucleation rate and spherulite crystal growth morphology. DTA curves recorded for powder samples particle size < 0.1 mm revealed three exothermic peaks and three endothermic peaks within temperature range of T = 640-940oC, while the DTA curves recorded for powder samples particle size > 0.1 mm showed two exothermic peaks and two endothermic peaks within temperature range of T = 640-1020oC. The analysis of the dominant crystallization mechanism of powder glass sample and kinetics of crystallization is presented.


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