Homogeneous nucleation versus glass transition temperature of silicate glasses

Abstract

This paper provides experimental and theoretical evidence for a correlation between the maximum internal nucleation rate, I max= I( T max) [where T max is the temperature of maximum nucleation rate] and the reduced glass transition temperature, T gr, for 51 glass-forming liquids. In addition, it demonstrates an analogous correlation between T max, the time-lag of nucleation at T max and the reduced glass transition temperature. An explanation is given for these remarkable trends.