Abstract
The fracture toughness and thermal conductivity of soda-lime glass were enhanced by an interfacial precipitation of Ag. Large quantities of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are formed on the surface and subsurface layers of the Ag–Na ion exchanged glass powders during the heat-treatment in H2 for various times, and are fully densified by subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS). The AgNPs with particle sizes above 50 nm are mainly located near the interfaces with the original glass particles, whereas smaller AgNPs are observed inside the glass particles. Moreover, the thickness of the precipitated Ag layer is seen to increase with increasing heat-treatment time. The incorporation of AgNPs is shown to enhance the fracture toughness of the soda-lime glass due to ductile deformation, crack deflection, and crack bridging. Finally, a maximum fracture toughness of 1.14 MPa m1/2, and a maximum thermal conductivity of 1.20 W m−1K−1, are obtained for the glass powders that were subjected to the entire process of ion-exchange, heat-treatment, and SPS densification.
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