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Developments in Ceramic Materials Research

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S. Ardizzone, C. L. Bianchi, G. Cappelletti et al.<br />

In the case of the Na salts, and also <strong>in</strong> the absence of m<strong>in</strong>eralizers, the zircon phase starts<br />

to form only at 800°C, while for K salts the formation of zircon is significant only at 1000°C.<br />

It is <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g to observe that the sample which shows the most <strong>in</strong>tense blue colour (see<br />

<strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g Figs. 10 and 11) is the sample obta<strong>in</strong>ed with NaF and calc<strong>in</strong>ed at 800°C,<br />

although the amount of zircon phase, for this sample, is lower than for the sample obta<strong>in</strong>ed at<br />

the same temperature <strong>in</strong> the presence of LiF. From the trend <strong>in</strong> Figs.7 and 8 the sequence of<br />

promotion of the zircon lattice follows for the cations Li>Na>K; the cation promotion trend<br />

follows the reverse trend of their crystallographic radii, Li

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