RESEARCH ARTICLE
Structural dependence of crystallization in phosphorus-containing sodium aluminoborosilicate glasses
Ping Lu,
Saurabh Kapoor,
Libor Kobera,
Jiri Brus,
Ashutosh Goel,
Ping Lu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Center of Excellence, Sterlite Technologies, Aurangabad, India
Search for more papers by this authorLibor Kobera
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorJiri Brus
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ashutosh Goel
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Correspondence
Ashutosh Goel, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Phone: +1-848-445-4512.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPing Lu,
Saurabh Kapoor,
Libor Kobera,
Jiri Brus,
Ashutosh Goel,
Ping Lu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Search for more papers by this authorSaurabh Kapoor
Center of Excellence, Sterlite Technologies, Aurangabad, India
Search for more papers by this authorLibor Kobera
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorJiri Brus
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ashutosh Goel
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Correspondence
Ashutosh Goel, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Phone: +1-848-445-4512.
Email: [email protected]
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The article reports on the structural dependence of crystallization in Na2O–Al2O3–B2O3–P2O5–SiO2-based glasses over a broad compositional space. The structure of melt-quenched glasses has been investigated using 11B, 27Al, 29Si, and 31P magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy, while the crystallization behavior has been followed using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy. In general, the integration of phosphate into the sodium aluminoborosilicate network is mainly accomplished via the formation of Al–O–P and B–O–P linkages with the possibility of formation of Si–O–P linkages playing only a minor role. In terms of crystallization, at low concentrations (≤5 mol.%), P2O5 promotes the crystallization of nepheline (NaAlSiO4), while at higher concentrations (≥10 mol.%), it tends to suppress (completely or incompletely depending on the glass chemistry) the crystallization in glasses. When correlating the structure of glasses with their crystallization behavior, the MAS NMR results highlight the importance of the substitution/replacement of Si–O–Al linkages by Al–O–P, Si–O–B, and B–O–P linkages in the suppression of nepheline crystallization in glasses. The results have been discussed in the context of (1) the problem of nepheline crystallization in Hanford high-level waste glasses and (2) designing vitreous waste forms for the immobilization of phosphate-rich dehalogenated Echem salt waste.
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