The Solubility of Specific Metal Oxides in Molten Borate Glass |
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| Authors: | Tazdin Amietszajew Sridhar Seetharaman Rohit Bhagat |
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| Affiliation: | WMG, International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
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| Abstract: | The solubility of Co3O4, Cu2O, CuO, NiO, and Mn2O3 in molten B2O3 and Na2O–2B2O3 has been studied at a temperature of 900°C under static conditions. The concentration of the dissolved metal oxides was determined by X‐EDS and XPS elemental analysis. Uniformity of metal distribution has been confirmed using X‐EDS and backscatter electron image mapping. It was found that the solubility of all metal oxides increased significantly with Na2O content in the B2O3 solvent. The impact of a temperature increase of 150°C and the influence of K2O doping were evaluated and found to not cause any significant change. |
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