Abstract
For germanium-tellurium binary glass of eutectic composition heat capacities have been measured using differential scanning calorimetry. From these values enthalpy, entropy and corresponding configurational terms have been deduced, which agree closely with the “hole-theory”. Below the glass transition temperature, differences have been observed for the thermodynamic characteristics of vitreous and crystalline forms. For closely-related glasses kinetic parameters are more suitable for characterization than the above thermodynamic parameters. For germanium-tellurium alloys with small amounts of gold added, kinetics of devitrification have been expressed in terms of the crystallinity ratio. Values of Kgl parameters of glass-formation ability are also given (Kgl=0.478 for the eutectic composition alloy without gold).
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