Abstract
Clear glasses form in the system Ag2O‐B2O3 up to about 35 mol% (65 wt%) Ag2O. Infrared absorption, thermal expansion, and density data indicated an analogy to the Na2O‐B2O3 system. Pentaborate‐triborate group pairs appear to be formed on addition of Ag2O to B2O3 up to 20 mol% Ag2O and diborate groups from 20 to 33 mol% Ag2O. This interpretation is supported by the comparison of the infrared absorption spectra of quenched and crystallized glasses. One crystallization product, Ag2O‐4B2O3, was identified previously. A new compound starts to appear at 28 mol% Ag2O. The theory that silver is generally present as a network modifier like sodium was substantiated by the comparison of the molar volume of sodium and silver borate glasses. Above 27 mol% Ag2O some atomic silver is assumed to be present; below 15 mol%, exploratory studies indicate a two‐phase structure within an immiscibility gap. A low‐temperature internal friction peak in the glasses up to 28 mol% Ag2O corresponds to the alkali peak in other glasses; a high temperature peak appearing in the 34 mol% Ag2O glass is associated with the appearance of nonbridging oxygen in the system. Copyright © 1971, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Recommended Citation
E. N. BOULOS and N. J. Kreidl, "Structure And Properties Of Silver Borate Glasses," Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 368 - 375, Wiley, Jan 1971.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1971.tb12324.x
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01 Jan 1971