Description
This book describes the structure-property-composition relationships for silicate glasses and melts of industrial and geological interest. From Antiquity to the 20th century, an introductory chapter presents this subject in a historical perspective. Basic concepts are then discussed in three chapters where attention is paid to the glass transition and its various consequences on melt and glass properties, to the structural and physical differences between amorphous and crystalline silicates, and to the mutual relationships between local order, energetics and physical properties.
With pure SiO2 as a starting point, compositions of increasing chemical complexity are successively dealt with in a dozen chapters. The effects of network-modifying cations on structure and properties are first exemplified by alkali and alkaline earth elements. The specific influence of aluminum, iron, titanium, and phosphorus are then reviewed. With water, volatiles in the system COHS, noble gases, and halogens, the effects of volatile components are also described. The last chapter explains how the results obtained on simpler melts can be applied to chemically complex systems. In each chapter, physical and chemical properties are described first and followed by a review of glass and melt structure. When possible, pressure effects are also considered.
*From SiO2 to complex silicate compositions, the physical and chemical properties of melts and glasses of geolo
Chapter
Chapter 2. Glass Versus Melt
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52 – 86
Chapter 3. Glasses and Melts vs. Crystals
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86 – 118
Chapter 4. Melt and Glass Structure — Basic Concepts
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118 – 148
Chapter 5. Silica — A Deceitful Simplicity
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148 – 186
Chapter 6. Binary Metal Oxide-Silica Systems — I. Physical Properties
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186 – 216
Chapter 7. Binary Metal Oxide-Silica Systems — II. Structure
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216 – 248
Chapter 8. Aluminosilicate Systems — I. Physical Properties
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248 – 276
Chapter 9. Aluminosilicate Systems — II. Structure
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276 – 308
Chapter 10. Iron-bearing Melts — I. Physical Properties
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308 – 352
Chapter 11. Iron-bearing Melts — II. Structure
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352 – 374
Chapter 12. The Titanium Anomalies
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374 – 404
Chapter 13. Phosphorus
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404 – 428
Chapter 14. Water — An Elusive Component
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428 – 478
Chapter 15. Volatiles — I. The System C-O-H-S
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478 – 500
Chapter 16. Volatiles — II. Noble Gases and Halogens
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500 – 520
Chapter 17. Natural Melts
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520 – 542
Subject Index
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542 – 562