Properties and structures of cesium phosphate glasses

Author

Carol A. Click

Abstract

"A series of cesium phosphate glasses, XCs₂O·(1-X)P₂O₅, where X ≤ O.60 were prepared. The addition of ~ 16% mole Cs₂O to P₂O₅ decreases the glass transition temperature (T_g ) by 156K. T_g increases by 25K with the further addition of cesium oxide up to 60 mole% CS₂O. The density of V-P₂O₅ is 2.39 g/cm³, and with cesium oxide additions the cesium phosphate glass density increases monotonically to 3.88 g/cm³ (59.1 mole% Cs₂O). The ³¹P magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) spectra show that the addition of Cs₂O causes a continuous conversion of the 3D ultraphosphate network to the chain metaphosphate structure. There is a break in the Q² isotropic chemical shift (δ_iso) at ~35 mole% Cs₂O. The ¹³³Cs MAS NMR spectra show a 90 ppm increase in δ_iso, which indicates a decrease in the average electron density around the cesium, more covalent Cs-O bonding, and a shorter average Cs-O bond length. The Raman data indicates a conversion of the 3D phosphate glass network to a chain metaphosphate glass structure with the addition of Cs₂O. The properties and spectroscopic results are interpreted using a structural model that considers the effects of composition on the average coordination environments of cesium ions"--Abstract, page 2.

Advisor(s)

Brow, Richard K.

Committee Member(s)

Day, D. E.
Blum, Frank D.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Ceramic Engineering

Comments

Financial support of Sandia National Labs and the Appleyard Fund (UMR) is gratefully acknowledged. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy under Contract DE-AS04-94AL8500.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2000

Pagination

ix, 102 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Rights

© 2000 Carol Ann Click, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 7723

Print OCLC #

44637690

Electronic OCLC #

1104791302

Link to Catalog Record

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Recommended Citation

Click, Carol A., "Properties and structures of cesium phosphate glasses" (2000). Masters Theses. 1909.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/1909