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Neutron diffraction study of feldspar glasses. Mixed alkali effect

  • Nikolay Zotov*
  • , Hans Boysen
  • , Claudia Romano
  • , Don Dingwell
  • , Yotzo Yanev
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • University of Bayreuth

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Abstract

Radial distribution function analysis was made using neutron diffraction on several glasses along the NaAlSi3O8-KAlSi3O8 (albite-orthoclase) join as well as on a natural obsidian sample. Comparison of the interference functions in reciprocal space shows a non-linear increase of the width of the first sharp diffraction peak which indicates a decrease of the medium-range order (MRO) with increasing K2O content. The observed changes in the MRO were correlated with the non-linear variation of the bulk transition temperature, Tg, and might reflect a strong temperature dependence of the corresponding liquid structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)124-131
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume191
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1995
Externally publishedYes

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