Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) Study on the local Environment around Copper in Low Thermal Expansion Copper Aluminosilicate Glasses |
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Authors: | Kanichi Kamiya Kensuke Okasaka Masanori Wada Hiroyuki Nasu Toshinobu Yoko |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry for Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Mie 514, Japan;Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611, Japan |
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Abstract: | The local environment around copper in the Cu2O·Al2O3·4SiO3 and CuO·Al2O3·4SiO2 glasses was investigated using the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) technique. It has been found that each Cu(I) in the former glass is coordinated to two oxygens through covalent Cu(I)-O bonds. This is the primary reason for its low thermal expansion coefficient (∼10 × 10−7 K−1). In the latter glass, which was made by heating the former glass at 600°C in air, each Cu(II) is coordinated to four oxygens and the bonds are ionic in character, contributing to the increase in the thermal expansion coefficient to ∼30 × 10−7 K−1. |
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Keywords: | copper aluminosilicates glass thermal expansion X-ray |
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