Glass Formation and Vibrational Spectra of Glasses in the SrSO4–KPO3–Na2B4O7System

Abstract

The glass formation region in the SrSO4–Na2B4O7–KPO3 system is determined for the first time. This region occupies 31.8% of the concentration triangle predominantly in the polyphosphate region. The boundary of the glass formation lies along the binary line connecting the sodium tetraborate and potassium metaphosphate regions and reaches compositions with 40 mol % SrSO4. Along the line connecting the potassium phosphate and sodium tetraborate regions, the glass formation at 10 mol % SrSO4 is bounded by the 0.1SrSO4–xNa2B4O7–(0.9 – x)KPO3 join (the Na2B4O7–KPO3 binary join is vitrified completely). From analyzing the IR and Raman spectra, it is assumed that the structure of the glasses under investigation is formed by lattices of two types, namely, the sulfate phosphate and borate lattices.