Abstract
Ternary fluorozirconate glasses in the systems ZrF 4–BaF 2–NaF and ZrF 4–BaF 2–LiF have been prepared by quenching mixtures of pure salts in sealed platinum capsules from 650°C. The glass samples have been examined by IR and Raman spectroscopy. The principal IR and Raman bands assigned to Zr–F stretching vibrations decrease in frequency with increasing F/Zr ratio as reported for fluorozirconate melts. The counter cations (Ba, Na, Li) in the glasses have a minor influence on the Raman bands, but a larger effect on the IR bands which correspond to asymmetric stretching vibrations. There is a systematic shift in stretching frequencies between the glasses and the corresponding liquids. We propose a structural model of these glasses involving a decrease in the coordination number of Zr with increasing temperature. This model, involving Zr coordination changes above T g, associated with breaking of Zr–F–Zr bridging groups, provides an explanation of the observed high degree of fragility of fluorozirconate melts.
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