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Tellurite And Fluorotellurite Glasses For Active And Passive

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9. Conclusions; MDO 375<br />

9. Conclusions<br />

This chapter will summarise the main points from the discussions of chapters 4 to 8<br />

inclusive.<br />

9.1. Thermal properties and glass stability (Chapter 4)<br />

• Characteristic temperatures of a number of oxide tellurite and fluorotellurite<br />

glasses were studied by differential thermal analysis (DTA).<br />

Oxide tellurite glasses<br />

• Addition of PbO (> ≈ 5 mol. %) to the ternary TeO2-Na2O-ZnO (TZN) reduced<br />

glass stability (Tx-Tg) for compositions 79TeO2-10Na2O-10PbO-1Yb2O3 and<br />

78.21TeO2-4.95ZnO-9.9Na2O-4.95PbO-0.99Yb2O3-0.99Er2O3 mol. %, however<br />

rare-earth (Er +3 and Yb +3 ) and GeO2 addition did not adversely affect stability, for<br />

compositions 74TeO2-12ZnO-10Na2O-3PbO-1Yb2O3, 77TeO2-12ZnO-10Na2O-<br />

1Yb2O3, and 75TeO2-10ZnO-10Na2O-5GeO2 mol. %).<br />

• The stability of the TZN glasses (with Tg ≈ 280°C) could be due to the large<br />

amount of polyhedra present providing a sufficient energy barrier to<br />

devitrification [1-3], and the interaction of oxides of high (Na2O), and low (ZnO)

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