Fluorine sites in glasses and transparent glass-ceramics of the system Na2O K2O Al2O3 SiO2 BaF2

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Fluorinesitesinglassesandtransparentglass-ceramicsofthesystem

Na2O/K2O/Al2O3/SiO2/BaF2

ChristianBockera,n,FranciscoMun˜ozb,AliciaDura´nb,ChristianR¨ussela

aOtto-Schott-Institut,JenaUniversity,Fraunhoferstr.6,07743Jena,GermanybInstitutodeCera´micayVidrio(CSIC),Kelsen5,28049Madrid,Spain

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Articlehistory:Received2September2010Receivedinrevisedform17November2010Accepted1December2010Availableonline7December2010

Keywords:NMRCrystalgrowthCrystallizationNanocrystalsSilicateglassesabstract

Thetransparentglass-ceramicsobtainedinthesilicatesystemNa2O/K2O/SiO2/BaF2showhomogeneouslydispersedBaF2nanocrystalswithanarrowsizedistribution.TheX-raydiffractionandthenuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopywereappliedtoglassesandtherespectiveglass-ceramicsinordertoclarifythecrystallizationmechanismandtheroleoffluorineduringcrystallization.Withanincreasingannealingtime,theconcentrationandalsothenumberofcrystalsremainapproximatelyconstant.Withanincreasingannealingtemperature,thecrystallinefractionincreasesuntilasaturationlimitisreached,whilethenumberofcrystalsdecreasesandthesizeofthecrystalsincreases.FluorideintheglassynetworkoccursasAl–F–Ba,Al–F–NaandalsoasBa–Fstructures.ThelatteraretransformedintocrystallineBaF2andfluorideisremovedfromtheAl–F–Ba/Nabonds.However,somefluorineisstillpresentintheglassyphaseafterthecrystallization.&2010ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.

1.Introduction

Glass-ceramicscontainingfluoridecrystallitesarevaluable

materialsforphotonicapplications.Especially,alkalineearth

fluoridecrystalsareknownasgoodhostmaterialsforrareearth

ionssuchasEr3+orEu3+[1–3].Thesedopedglass-ceramicsare

advantageousforsomeapplications,becausetheycanbeeasily

processedbytheviscousflow,e.g.drawntoafiber.After

subsequentannealingandcrystallizationoftheglasses,optical

properties,e.g.fluorescencelifetimesandluminescenceorup-

conversionefficiencies[4–6].Thesematerialsmightbeused,for

example,asopticalamplifiersorinfiberlasers[7,8].Inorderto

obtaintransparentglass-ceramicsi.e.toavoidlightscattering,the

sizeofthecrystalsmustbemuchsmallerthanhalfofthe

wavelengthoftheusedlight.

Theformationofnanocrystalsinamulti-componentglass

systemcontainingBaF2orCaF2wasrecentlyexplainedbythe

formationofadiffusionbarrieraroundtheformingcrystals[9–11].

Thenanocrystalswerehomogeneouslydistributedwithinthe

glassmatrixandpossessedanarrowcrystallitesizedistribution

[12].Wheninmulti-componentglasses,ametalfluoridecompo-

nentiscrystallized,alayeraroundthecrystalisdepletedinthe

respectivecomponents.Sinceinthecaseofmetalfluorides,these

compoundsactasthenetworkmodifyingcomponent;thisleadsto

anenrichmentinnetworkformers,andhenceincreasestheviscosity.Thislayermightactasadiffusionbarrierandhinders

furthercrystalgrowth[13,14].

Theroleoffluorineinaluminosilicateglassnetworkswas

studiedbyseveralresearchers[15–19].Bymeansofsolid-state

nuclearmagneticresonance(NMR),itispossibletostudythelocal

environmentoftheinvolvedatomsinthecrystallizationprocess.

AnNMRoffluorine-containingaluminosilicateglasseshasshown

thatfluorineatomsarepreferentiallycoordinatedtoaluminium

insteadofsilicon,duetotheirtendencytobondwithsmalland

highlychargedcations[19].Generally,thelargertheionicfield

strengthofthemodifiercations,thehigheristheirabilitytoform

chemicalbondstofluorine[20].

Inthispaper,astudyontheBaF2concentrationandthe

incorporationoffluorineduringthecourseofBaF2crystallization

inglass-ceramicsinthesystemNa2O/K2O/Al2O3/SiO2/BaF2through

X-raydiffraction(XRD)andNMRisreported.

2.Experimentalprocedures

Glasseswiththecompositions(100Àx)(2Na2OÁ16K2OÁ8Al2O3Á

74SiO2)ÁxBaF2(inmol%),withx¼0,1,2,3,4,5and6,weremelted

fromreagentgradeNa2CO3,K2CO3,BaF2,Al(OH)3andSiO2(quartz)

inbatchesof200g.Thecoveredplatinumcruciblewasplacedina

furnaceat15901Candkeptfor1.5h.Themeltswerecastontoa

copperblockandweresubsequentlyputintoafurnacepreheated

to4501C.Thenthefurnacewasswitchedoffandtheglasswas

allowedtocooltoroomtemperature.Duringmelting,fluorine

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0022-4596/$-seefrontmatter&2010ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.

doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2010.12.001nCorrespondingauthor.Fax:+493641948502.E-mailaddress:christian.bocker@uni-jena.de(C.

Bocker).JournalofSolidStateChemistry184(2011)405–410lostduetoanunavoidableevaporation.Thefluorineconcentration

wasdeterminedbyawet-chemicalmethod[21],X-rayfluores-

cenceandenergy-dispersiveX-rayspectrometry.Ontheaverage

about(3473)%offluorinewaslostduringmelting.Wetchemical

analysesandenergy-dispersiveX-rayspectrometrywereingood

agreement(710%).

Theglasseswith6mol%BaF2wereannealedattemperaturesin

therange500–6001C,for20h.Forthesamplesannealedat500and

5401C,theannealingtimewasvariedintherange5–160h.The