Structural and thermal studies of modified silica-strontium-barium glass from CRT

Abstract

Glasses were prepared by conventional melting method from 100 g batches. The influence of alumina and calcium oxide on the crystallization process of silica-strontium-barium glass from Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) were studied by means of 27Al MAS NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. This made possible to determine the influence of additives, e.g. blast furnace slag and cement dust on the structural changes of glasses (changes in the spectra shapes). The introduction of waste modifiers into the glass structure leads to the breaking of Al–O–Si and Si–O–Si bonds what causes the depolymerization of the glass network. From the FTIR spectra the narrowing of the bands at 1022 and 1027 cm−1 was observed, which may indicate on the ordering of glass network. Appearance of alumina in coordination 4 was confirmed by NMR investigations. The effects of compositional variation, thermal treatment on the nature, type and stability field of crystallizing phases and microstructure formed in CaO and/or Al2O3 silica-strontium-barium glasses were described using DTA/DSC method. Thermal characteristics of glasses like the transition temperature Tg, the temperature for the crystallization Tc, thermal stability parameter were determined. The crystalline phase was determined by the X-ray diffractometry. The microstructure of the samples was studied by SEM technique. Analysis of the local atomic interactions in the structure of glasses has been used to explain the course of the crystallization.