Abstract
The structure of single-phase glasses in the BaO-B2O3-SiO2 system has been studied by the large- and small-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The glasses containing 40 mol % BaO upon equimolar replacement of B2O3 by SiO2 have been investigated. It has been demonstrated that the incorporation of barium ions into structural groupings fixes their position and provides ordering in the distribution of barium ions at interatomic distances up to at least 5 A. The glasses under investigation are homogeneous, and their inhomogeneity is determined by thermal density fluctuations and fluctuations of the concentration of a part of barium ions distributed in a statistically random manner in the volume of the glass. The observed ordering in the distribution of barium ions is not reduced to the formation of local clusters with an increased concentration of barium ions but is most likely a characteristic feature of the bulk glass structure. The glass structure is consistent with the model of ideal associated solutions.
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