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Tellurite And Fluorotellurite Glasses For Active And Passive

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2. Literature review; MDO 51<br />

Fig. (2.11): DTA traces of some alkali-containing zinc tellurite glasses [52].<br />

From fig. (2.11), soda zinc tellurite glasses are exceptionally stable, the composition<br />

containing 10 mol. % ZnO and 10 mol. % Na2O exhibiting a weak crystallisation<br />

exotherm and the composition containing 15 mol. % ZnO and 15 mol. % Na2O, showing<br />

no sign of devitrification. This study related the optical basicity of the oxides (numerical<br />

expression of the average electron donor power of the oxide species) to the thermal<br />

stability. The combination of a high optical basicity alkali metal oxide (Na2O – 1.15) and<br />

a low optical basicity metal oxide (ZnO – 0.95) causes a strong interaction in the glass

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