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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journalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/jsscJournalofSolidStateChemistry
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