Abstract
Amphoteric oxides (Al2O3 and B2O3) represent opposite effects on the structure and properties of silicate melts in different conditions, while the understanding about the transition from acidity to basicity is far from complete. Molecular dynamics simulation was adopted in the present study to investigate the performance and acidity-basicity transformation of Al2O3 and B2O3 in the SiO2–CaO–Al2O3–B2O3 system. The results showed that, different from Ca2+ ions, excessive Al3+ or B3+ ions tend to destroy the bridge oxygen structures, showing the function of basic oxide. This is similar to the behavior of Ca2+ ions and other basicity ions. It was found that, on the one hand, B3+ ions tend to form [BO3]3- planar triangular structures with the increase of B3+ ions contents, on the other hand, B3+ ions could reduce the stability of Si–O bonds. Therefore, B3+ ions could make the system structure less stable, which is the reason why the B2O3 is a kind of active agent. In addition, because of the significant differences in lattice energy and atomic structure between Al2O3 and B2O3, the effects of Al2O3 and B2O3 on the thermodynamic properties of silicate melts are quite different.
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