Effect of Composition on Crystallization Properties of Yttrium Zirconate Nanocrystals in Sodium-Aluminum-Silicate Glass

Abstract

Abstract: The influences of the molar ratios of Al₂O₃/Na₂O (M_AN) and SiO₂/Al₂O₃ (M_SA)on the crystallization properties of the glass were studied in this work based on the sodium-aluminum-silicate glass system containing Y₂O₃ and ZrO₂. The results show that, when M_AN<1, sodium nepheline crystals precipitate on the surface of the glass after heat treatment. When M_AN>1, yttrium zirconate nanocrystals can be formed in the whole bulk glass, and the glass-ceramics can maintain a high visible light transmittance of 90%. For glass with fixed M_AN, adjusting its M_SA can also achieve the precipitation of yttrium zirconate nanocrystals, and the size of the precipitated crystals decreases as M_SA increases. Furthermore, as the heat treatment temperature rises, the size of nanocrystals in glass-ceramic nanocrystals as well as Vickers hardness increases.

Key words: sodium-aluminum-silicate glass, crystallization behavior, heat treatment, yttrium zirconate nanocrystal, transparent glass-ceramics, Vickers hardness

CLC Number:

TQ171

TIAN Yingliang, HAN Jinlong, XU Bo, WEN Yulin, LI Peihao, HE Feng, ZHAO Zhiyong. Effect of Composition on Crystallization Properties of Yttrium Zirconate Nanocrystals in Sodium-Aluminum-Silicate Glass[J]. BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY, 2024, 43(2): 710-718.

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