Mechanism of Oxide Nucleation in Lithium Aluminosilicate Glass-Ceramics |
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| Authors: | Veronika Maier Gerd Müller |
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| Affiliation: | Institut für Mineralogie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Abstract: | A commercial lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic material is investigated by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy after different heat treatments. Evidence is presented that epitaxy of β-quartz crystals on ZrTiO4-type crystallites is the critical step initiating silicate crystallization. |
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