Abstract
Samples of commercial soda-lime silicate glass were ion exchanged in KNO 3/NaNO 3 melts below and slightly above the glass transition temperature ( T G), and the ion dynamics and transport were characterized by means of ac conductivity spectroscopy. Our results demonstrate unambiguously that mixed alkali effects are present in ion-exchanged glasses. However, these effects depend strongly on the thermal history. For the glasses exchanged below T G we do not observe a conductivity minimum as a function of the degree of exchange, in agreement with the results of other studies. On the other hand, when the exchange was done slightly above T G, a conductivity minimum was detected. Nevertheless, the spectral shape of the conductivity and the dependence of the dc conductivity on the degree of exchange point to significant differences in the ion dynamics between glasses exchanged slightly above T G and melt-grown glasses of the same compositions.
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