Abstract
Transparent cordierite-based glass-ceramics with high crystallinity were prepared successfully. The crystallization kinetics of parent glass was deeply investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). After heat-treatment at 1030°C for 6h, a large amount of α-cordierite (indialite) crystals devitrified from the parent glass, which was confirmed by the X-ray diffraction and TEM results. The crystallinity of the obtained transparent glass-ceramics reached up to 87.5%, which can be ascribed to the composition and heat treatment of parent glass. The high transparency of glass-ceramics mainly resulted from the small difference of refractive index between α-cordierite and the parent glass. In addition, these transparent glass-ceramics possessed low density (2.477g/cm3), low thermal expansion coefficient (1.435×10−6°C−1) and high Vickers hardness (8.1GPa). The combination of excellent physical, thermal and optical properties makes this new family of transparent glass-ceramics exhibiting potential applications in the fields of base materials for rare-earth ions.
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