Abstract

AbstractThe silicate speciation forms an important aspect of the structure of silicate melts, a subject of interest to both the earth‐ and materials science communities. In this study, the Qn speciation of binary cesium silicate glasses was studied by Raman spectroscopy. A method to extract the equilibrium constant from a set of Raman spectra is presented, and the least‐squares optimization algorithm is given (in Supporting Information). Log(K), the equilibrium constant of the speciation reaction, 2Q3 = Q4 + Q2, equals −2.72 ± 0.11 at the glass transition. This extends the previously established correlation between log(K) and the inverse of the ionic radius of the network modifier to cesium. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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