Linear Viscoelasticity of an Ultraphosphate Glass

Abstract

Linear viscoelastic stress relaxation and oscillatory shear experiments were performed on a mixed alkali ultraphosphate of composition 0.2Na2O + 0.2Li2O + 0.6P2O5 at temperatures in the vicinity of the glass transition temperature, Tg. The stress relaxation data were well described by a stretched exponential function G(t) = G0exp[-(t/τ)]β. β decreased with increasing temperature. Oscillatory shear experiments were performed to determine the complex mechanical moduli, G*(ω) = G′(ω) + iG″(ω), as a function of angular frequency, ω. G′(ω) is the elastic modulus and G″(ω) is the loss modulus. The breadth of G″(ω), which is a direct measure of the distribution of relaxation times, increased with temperature in the same temperature range. The temperature dependence of β and of G″(ω) indicates a failure of thermorheological simplicity in this glass. The shear viscosities of the glass determined from G(t) and the zero shear viscosities determined from G″(ω) were found to be in agreement.

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Materials Science and Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-3093; 1873-4812

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Article - Journal

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English

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© 2000 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2000

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